Schwynn Posted August 3, 2009 Share That looks good! What are you using? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TROUTIE Posted August 3, 2009 Share Any chance of shipping one of those to the Netherlands?! .Sure thing Willehond I will ship them anywhere on the planet if neededwhen I have some more housings made up ( Deesta ) Schwynnthe lumen liberator is this one http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa46/amticoman/Picture046.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwynn Posted August 3, 2009 Share Mmm, nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thysmeades Posted August 3, 2009 Share OK I have just been out for the beamshots of the new lumen liberator light and here they are on hi and low http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa46/amticoman/Picture056.jpg I hope you like them Troutie, that light on full just looks awesome! I wasn't taking note, are you runnning XP-G or XP-E's in that Lumen libirator? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TROUTIE Posted August 4, 2009 Share Thys I wish , The XPG is not on general release yet hopefully the middle of this month so I have had to make do with the R2 XPEs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thug Posted August 4, 2009 Share Troutie, have you thought about making a smaller housing to fit a 2 or 3 XPE for the head and to leave the normal 6 x XPE as a bar mount ? If you did have a smaller housing, would you still use the Maxflex to power 2 or 3 XPE's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TROUTIE Posted August 4, 2009 Share Troutie' date=' have you thought about making a smaller housing to fit a 2 or 3 XPE for the head and to leave the normal 6 x XPE as a bar mount ?If you did have a smaller housing, would you still use the Maxflex to power 2 or 3 XPE's?[/quote'] .Yes I do have plans for a quad light for the XPGs as 4 of those will be the slightly higher output than 6 of the XPEs are now so it will be more efficient also the forward voltage is rumoured to be a little less for the XPGs so it will be a win win situation . Yes 4 XP?s will quite happily run from a 14.8 volt li ion pack and a Bflex In fact a quad might be more popular than the 6 I think and who needs 2000 lumens for a bike light really Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Fastbastard Mayhem Posted August 4, 2009 Share Troutie - am I correct in saying that the Liberator just has an extra bit of alu removed, and replaced by a section of plexi in order to complete the liberation? Or have you made a completely new, kinked cover for the optics? It's a wicked result though. I imagine the photo's (as normal) just do not do the enhancements any justice. cptmayhem2009-08-04 11:53:31 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thug Posted August 5, 2009 Share Troutie' date=' have you thought about making a smaller housing to fit a 2 or 3 XPE for the head and to leave the normal 6 x XPE as a bar mount ? If you did have a smaller housing, would you still use the Maxflex to power 2 or 3 XPE's?[/quote'] .Yes I do have plans for a quad light for the XPGs as 4 of those will be the slightly higher output than 6 of the XPEs are now so it will be more efficient also the forward voltage is rumoured to be a little less for the XPGs so it will be a win win situation . Yes 4 XP?s will quite happily run from a 14.8 volt li ion pack and a Bflex In fact a quad might be more popular than the 6 I think and who needs 2000 lumens for a bike light really Sorry, missed your post yesterday. Looking forward to seeing the end result of the XPG's As a matter of interest, are you still selling your XPE housings ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TROUTIE Posted August 5, 2009 Share Troutie - am I correct in saying that the Liberator just has an extra bit of alu removed' date=' and replaced by a section of plexi in order to complete the liberation?Or have you made a completely new, kinked cover for the optics?It's a wicked result though. I imagine the photo's (as normal) just do not do the enhancements any justice. [/quote'] . Yes you are correct it is a redesign of the whole housing though with some improvements to make it easier to self assemble . The improvement to the beam over the mark 1 troutlight is pretty astounding with just that mod . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TROUTIE Posted August 5, 2009 Share Sorry' date=' missed your post yesterday.Looking forward to seeing the end result of the XPG's As a matter of interest, are you still selling your XPE housings ?[/quote'] . Yes I plan on carring on selling the housings as a kit or built up or just the housings I am out of stock at the moment (DEESTA please help ) which is why I am hand making the odd one for testing the new XPGs soon , but each time I make a prototype someone buys it .the last one was mailed out yesterday . I am halfways through making another and it is sold already . gonna keep the next one a secret till it has some Xpgs inside it . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thug Posted August 5, 2009 Share Looking forward to seeing the XPG light !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwynn Posted August 5, 2009 Share Troutie, how many lumens does this light liberate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TROUTIE Posted August 5, 2009 Share Troutie' date=' how many lumens does this light liberate? [/quote'] . good question maths not being my strong suit on paper the 6 xpes should be approx 1200 lumens the optics are 88% efficient so out the front maybe 1000 lumens that leaves 200 lumens rattling around inside trying to escape now I have opened the door to them but have no way to measure how many make a sucessfull jail break but it seems to be quite a few and if the top of the led cavity was polished to a mirror shine then that would reflect even more out the bottom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwynn Posted August 5, 2009 Share Thanx, was just wondering I'm sitting here scratching my head and a couple of other things, trying to come up with a housing from a piece of 45mm round aluminium. It is going to take a lot of machining to get it light enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thysmeades Posted August 17, 2009 Share Trans baviaans report back. 3 out of 3!!! Hi Guys, I am very pleased and relieved to say that all 3 lights that went to the baviaans performed admirably. (the pocket rocket - trouties design, the triple - midas torch head, and the d-star, UK housing with Cree Q5's) The report back I am getting from all 3 guys that rode it, was that they had no reliability issues, ample light - much more than they needed, and could decend much faster than those around them due to the quality and amount of light. With a report like that, who can complain! Well done to all the finishers of the race. My team pulled out at the last minute due to illness. Next year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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