Itās also fun to put a short tube on it with a quality 18350 cell,
Edit: A comparison, on the left the Kronos BLF Special Edition with a de-glassed SBT-70, on the right a baked Eagle Eye X6 with SST-40 and Lee filter to correct the color to white, in the middle a shorty with trit vials in the optic legs and 4 additional trits in the head itself, only the end of the trit showing. The shorty is a triple with a polished face CUTE-3 optic.
Also have a new mfr. X6 on the way for a look, it is factory made as a triple.
Seems weird, seeing a factory triple X6 coming out after all this timeā¦ I started the triples what seems like forever ago and still have that first one, built on the sample that got tossed out the window of our Ford Escape.
Donāt even know how many Iāve built, I have 12 now with 2 on the way (again) and the new mfr triple will make 15. Iāve tried to build em all different somehow, from XHP-70 to SBT-70, triple XP-L HI to triple Nichia, always tried to keep them each as different as possible. Getting more difficult to do. lol
My cousin flies his Cessna with one I gave him, even the UPS delivery guy has one I built! My favorite light, so versatile and extremely tough but inexpensive for all that.
The first Eagle Eye X6 triple, November 2, 2014. Showing road damage from the toughness testing before it got built as a triple.
The first one I didnāt drill out the center pad in the 32mm Noctigon, found it difficult to keep the wires intact when tightening the bezel. Made the change and have built dozens and dozens since then! Nitro had sinks made, Kiraba Ru has had I donāt know how many made, theyāre out there en masse now, a fantastic little light that really gets the job done.
Wait, Eagle Eye is going to be selling an X6 triple? Will they be selling the hosts?
I bought two X6 hosts recently. One now has a 219C 9050 and a Lexel variant TA driver. Iāve been debating what to do what the second. I have most of what I need for a triple, but if there is going to be a factory triple, Iām going to save it for something else.
I didnāt say Eagle Eye was making it, I said a new mfr. for the X6ā¦ someone that hasnāt made the X6 before. (well, I guess itās more complicated than that, but theyāre not known for making one at any rate)
Got back from vacation today and had a mailbox full of light parts so I got to relax this evening at the work bench! Got to stick my first XP-L HI in an old BLF-SE X6 with a Banggood A6 driver, that all went smooth but then I ran into some real problems with an S41 buildā¦
Specs for S41:
Factory MCPCB but with 2 of the D280ās swapped for D240ās.
RMM / mtnelectronocs 17mm fet+7135 driver.
Bistro FW.
Fully bypassed head / tail.
When put together it had 18AWG, the MCPCB was soldered to head and driver was soldered to retaining ring but after I had to open it back up 12837 times that got old right quick.
Currently sporting MCPCB screws (with isolator rings for short protection), 22AWG LED wire and just a good clean surface on the mating face of the retaining ring.
So hereās my issue (feel free to skip description and watch the ~90sec video as it contains the same explication). Do note in the video I say ā28AWGā HOWEVER itās actually 22AWG,same as the LED wires, just white, exact same wire however.
Light functions and steps forward and reverse in normal modes as it should. All config options work. The 35E I was running was @ 4.0v and turbo was pulling 6.6A, you can step backwards threw normal modes and from moon to hidden turbo.
At that point the issue manifests: if you try to step back from hidden mode 1 (turbo) to hidden mode 2 (tactical strobe or w/e it is) it gives a single bright flash then goes to moon. I donāt actually care about the strobe, itās batt check (hidden mode 3) Iām after.
Dale, i have read practically every thread of the X6 triple and got inspired by your work, i love the video where you toss that thing out the window
Its built like a tank and i really appreciate its form factor and size.
The shorty is really nice!
And what Jos says, its insanely bright for such a small light, and due to the optics the 5000K XPL2ās give a very nice beam and tint, it looks a bit warmer then the rated temperature.
Probably due to the well known yellow corona which is compensated by the Ledil Optic.
The last time i was amazed by the output was an S2+ triple with 4B xpl-hiās and lexels TA driver, which is close to this light (lumen wise) i think
Have to test them side by side actually.
the blink-to-moon is a glitch normally seen on multi-emitter lights that pull high power. It can be fixed with the addition of a resistor at the C1/D1 junctionā¦ djozz has posted a nice picture of a pyramid he built with the three components.
Not at my computer or Iād link itā¦ hopefully someone can point you to the fix well before I make it backā¦
FWIW, Iāve never seen an A6 driver do that as it utilizes the ATTiny13A MCU, itās the X6 driver with ATTiny25 where the bump-to-moon issue comes into play and this 10 Ohm resistor solves the prob.
Electrically itās the same thing as the DEL /DJozz / TomE āpyramidā method, this driver is just setup a bit different than the BLF-A6 in regards to how exactly the D1 / C1 / VCC (pin8) net meet up. At the end of the day the āfixā is to add ~10ohm of additional resistance between BATT+ and VCC, logistically any method of accomplishing that should do the trick.
Note I did cut the trace going from the C1/D1 junction to VCC,otherwise the resistor wouldnāt be doing anything at all.