The SYNIOSBEAM - CFT90 recoil thrower

An amazing project, an enthralling read, and very inspirational. Well done Enderman.

This wasn’t planned. I was taking my precious kitty out onto the rear deck for some night air and hunting and what did I see? No, it couldn’t be! Is that a 60” Carbon Arc (with a poor mirror). So I had to drive down to see what it was. Turns out it was a 1000 Watt single Sky Tracker style Short Arc being used at a night event at a local golf course. I couldn’t get in to get up close but it looked to be at least a 14” or larger reflector and a minimum of 1000 Watts. Could have been more. I drove home and latched onto my Syniosbeam and went back. I found a parking spot about 150 feet from the tracker. I put my jacket on top of the car and the Syniosbeam on top of the jacket and lit it off on low. Not much there. I bumped it up about half way and WOW, not bad compared to the tracker. Took it up to HIGH and WOW again! This looks better than the tracker! I think the tracker beam at its base looks a tiny bit brighter but the SB definitely more focused and has a tighter beam. Feast your eyes below. SB on the right and tracker on the left and about 150 feet further distant from the camera. This is just a Galaxy S8 pic so not the best. There was little bits of moist and visible air floating around which accounts for the dramatic beam dimming of the tracker further up in the beam so don’t judge performance of either light on that. Concentrate on the lower parts. The SB beam looks almost parallel while the tracker beam looks “V” shaped. I walked about 200’ distant and the Syniosbeam was every bit high reaching as the tracker. This is one stunning performer!

That’s an amazing pic, I never had a foggy day come around during the time the CFT90 syniosbeam was in my hands :frowning:

Luckily the beam is still very visible on a regular night :wink:

Great pic. :+1:

My 22lb capacity tripod head arrived yesterday so I now have a way to shoot my new Syniosbeam 200 Watt +/- CFT-90 equipped searchlight weighing in at 12 lbs. I continue to be more and more amazed at the performance of this LED searchlight. It’s LED retro-fires into an 11” parabolic reflector and is water cooled running at up to 40 Amps to the LED on HIGH. The pics tonight of the Syniosbeam did not come out as clear as those shot some time ago of the Leopard tank light being used for comparison. Maybe it’s because not as much concentrated light is hitting the target. I’m going to try another night to see if I can get clearer shots. But I must say I was truly amazed at how the light lit up from 3 to 4 acres of land at 1.07 miles distance with a tremendous amount of light, all from about 5,000 Lumens. At 40 Lumens per Watt, the Leopard light is putting out about 18,000 Lumens and in a much more concentrated beam. With the Snyiosbeam and my naked eye, I could easily see the top of the hill lit up at 1.07 miles and with my Zeiss Binocs, I said a few expletives when I first glimpsed the target. It’s THAT good!

Syniosbeam Zoomed but not as close as the tank light below. Also, it’s but too bright - For target identification only

Tank light higher zoom than SB

Syniosbeam - About what I was thru the binocs

Tank Light

Syniosbeam No Zoom

Tank Light

They are both impressive.

But that mentioned tank light is in 20mcd plus range?

Yes, we measured around 55Mcd for it at a meeting here in Germany.

And what is the diameter of this beast? :slight_smile:
Those are the lights which real flashaholics want. :wink:
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oh… my… god…,
by all that is holy and unholy….

Mr Enderman took the BAT SIGNAL light from batman comics?
and used it as a “small scale model” that needed improved…LMAO

to say that i am “highly impressed”? would be an understatement.

the ONLY “concept” you don’t have a full grasp of? is what a “budget” means, LMAO.

hope you don’t hate me… i didn’t mean to leave footprints on your coat tails, ha ha

i wish i could get you into night vision, i would love to see the IR illuminator you would come up with…

it would have a 4-watt single mode 850nm laser… NASA would “Want to borrow it” when they needed to illuminate a satellite from Florida peninsula, lol…

i could probably “make coffee” with the liquid cooling system…

“SEDstar?? only leave the fan off for no more than 12 seconds, this pot of coffee, okay?”

“why?”

“coffee picks up the bitter oils, when brewed much over 190 degrees Fahrenheit…”

“okay…”

lol

PS - never “take the medication” they offer you for “lowering your blood pressure”… it will make THIS go away? and we don’t want that!

Sedstar sed……

“oh… my… god…,
by all that is holy and unholy….

Mr Enderman took the BAT SIGNAL light from batman comics?
and used it as a “small scale model” that needed improved…LMAO

to say that i am “highly impressed”? would be an understatement.”

Meh. Color me neutral white impressed when he gets that kind of output from a AAA penlight. I think he’s sandbagging us.

:open_mouth:

I have an AAA penlight coming in the mail, first one I’ll own.

Speaking of the cooling system, it immediately begins spreading it’s warmth fairly symmetrically around the 1/4” thick x 12” Aluminum tube shell. It is surprising to me how much heat is being transferred and how quickly considering that the shell is a full quarter-inch thick.

I used an entire huge 20g tube of MX4 to sink the copper coil to the body :stuck_out_tongue:
I was surprised at how warm the body gets under load, definitely can’t run a 200W LED in this recoil configuration with anything other than liquid cooling.

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After yer done modding it remember not to point it at aircraft flying below 40,000 feet.

Best if ya keep it 1xAAA as a sorta built in output governor, Governor. Cover yer eyes too. :person_facepalming:

:smiley:

This has to be one of the most awesome and entertaining build threads ever… great work and design, it has been an inspiration…

Thank you! :slight_smile:

Wow, just Wow!! Don't have time to find all the specs and pics though. This is a big thread.

Any chance you’re going to manufacture and sell these bad boys? (: