Finally fixed my FW3A driver and added my Lexel Aux Board. I needed to replace the ATtiny85 chip after an unsuccessful flash. Thanks contactcr for the assistance! I was able to flash the chip by itself and then re-flow it onto the driver.
The Blue/Green one is on all the time
The “Fire” one can be on, off, or blinking.
Much like the Astrolux S43 has 18350 and 18650 tubes, I would also like to have an 18350 tube for the FW3A. Sometimes that little extra savings in length can make a nice difference. It’s a HUGE difference on the S43.
Yep 18500 fit…… now the 18350 fits with a longer tail cap spring or stretch the stock spring… small as I could go with out getting into the taper of the body…
No, it works fine with a longer BlueSword spring…2025lm is enough in this little guy…
I thought about cutting into the taper…making it shorter but the same diameter as the straight shank of the stock body… then a sharper angle…re-taper to blend it, but then it would be bare aluminum and I would have to blast and polish it and use it on one of my 2 bare aluminum FW3’s… I wanted to see how it looked as a stock color… maybe on the next one…
Making contact is one thing, shortening the light as much as possible is another. IMHO you have the most awesome FW3A on the planet already but maybe it’s possible to improve it still?
Maybe you could alternatively reduce taper depth?
I got a copper FW3C with working secodaries from JC,plus i have the normal CW version
The aux LED do ramp up/down, when put alongside my CW FW3 there isnt a lot of difference lumen wise but the tint is different due to LED swap