The list of needs and negotiable demands will be send to Neal who has graciously accepted the invitation to step in.
We still aim at Thorfire as manufacterer,but who knows it could be Manker as well.
I just love to see the Happy box arrive at all participants!
Expect an update on this the next following days!
I think it is good news that Neal is in the project, that sounds a bit closer to this flashlight becoming a reality
Secretly I hope for a redesign of the quad-18650-quad-led concept. As an example, I think that the Supfire M6 looks already better and more compact than the SRK (but I do not like its separated reflectors, somewhat overlapping reflectors make a brighter spot)
the quad cells are very nice, have a Uniquefire 1401 on low to see how long it can run on 4 cells.
It is on for 158 hours straight now (every six or so hours I put it on high to see the cell level (saying 6 out of 9 now)
It is standing in a hallwasy and we hav not used the light there since I placed it.
4 instead of 3 cells means 33% longer runtimes on all modes and it is going to be heavy anyway
this sounds logical
when I see in my mind how the inside of the head is made, I visualise a big drill with a pointm doing it in one go.
3 recessed spots would mean, three extra actions and an extra tool to use.
However looking the other way around, it would mean raising the internal shelf around the stars giving more mass, more heat dispersion.
Exactly, precisely what I meant.
Though, I think the inside will be machined on a lathe, so that means that it has to go to a mill after the lathe. That means that they have to program an extra machine. Or they use a 5 axis machinecenter.
An other option would be screws to fit the 16mm Noctigon. If there is enough space for the wires under the reflector, of course.
A combination of screws and recessed spots would be fine. But please do not glue the Noctigon to the heatsink.
A problem could be the exact fitting of the LED-Boards. I remember the BLF A6 with some bad fitting boards which were forced and warped to the heatsink
I'd prefer one big copper DTP MCPCB with the 4 XP sets of pads, big fat traces for parallel setup, and 1.6 mm thick (same as a Noctigon). Easy wiring, big advantage thermally. I know - I'm dream'n .