CRX FW3A Mods & Teardown

Hhmm - sounds like same trick I do using tape on the inner pill side to fill in USB charging holes with epoxy. I've been using kapton tape actually, and JB Weld. No pics though...

Great minds think alike! :smiley: :+1:

I like taking $10 lights and making something useful and nice out of them:

Left handed?

yep

Awesome mod CRX! :+1: :beer:

:wink: :+1:

CRX - in swapping to the Noctigon, did you sand it down or did the thickness work out ok or handled in another way?

Also interested in this since I have a L4P all ready to go waiting for a FW3A, lol.

There’s not much difference, I had no problem but I have used a very slightly thinner GITD O-ring, I’m sure the stock one would be fine, a little extra pressure on the MCPCB which is good.
Stock MCPCB = 20mm x 1.45mm, Noctigon = 20mm x 1.72mm.

Nice, in that case the LED4Power one is actually 1.5mm so no issues. Good to see it should drop in most of the good triple boards out there

Do you know if the stock springs are steel, bronze or copper?

No idea, haven’t seen anything about them. Could be silvery coated steel or something?
I did get a slight boost by bypassing them.

Are they magnetic? That would narrow it down

Didn’t even think :smiley: :person_facepalming:
Not magnetic.

Great stuff, as always. What would be the best size kapton tape to buy for this?

I have 30mm wide kapton tape, two strips of this will leave a gap of approx 2.0464mm, I cut thinner strips to fill this but it should be fine without.

Thanks!

Is anyone doing trit tail switches/caps?

Try to convince DrafterDan to make some for sale :innocent: