missionaryman
Enlightened
Photongun: I think you would end up being dissapointed with the Maxabeam, it's just a ridiculously long throwing light but not all that much brighter in practical terms than what we saw on Thursday night, one heck of a lot of money for what in my books is no big deal.
The barn burner on the other hand...
You should take a look at some of the sales threads by CPF member cmacllel - look at the mini HID, the 1D HID, the 5" wonder, his custom ROP's and everything else he's made and sold and some still selling then of course there's fivemega and Icarus - have a look at his mods, some awsome quality there. look at the recipie for the LarryK14. I think money can be better spent then on the Maxabeam. For the cost of one Maxabeam I think you could get all of the above (pulling that out of my butt, haven't actually done the math) which would be far more satisfying.
If you have something that you want made and you have the cash to back it you might want to PM some of the lower volume modders like tranquillitybase or Icarus or litho123 and you could get something truly special built.
If you want a light that will truly kick butt and not be out of the reach of the normal human being try this recipie:
shortened 6D mag, side switch removed and fitted with 10 AMP tailswitch
tri bored (tube may need to be split and bored because of length) for 3 x 4/3A 4000mah cell stacks x 4 & two with a spacer for 16.8v, a USL type bulb holder from Modamag, a 3.5" head from BST - hopefully someone will part with one... and the Osram 15v 150w bulb for somewhere near 10,000 output lumens and a sensible run time. If you want a smaller light then use smaller batteries which will reduce run time. cmacllel has built a similar light, do a search on "got lumens?"
The barn burner on the other hand...
You should take a look at some of the sales threads by CPF member cmacllel - look at the mini HID, the 1D HID, the 5" wonder, his custom ROP's and everything else he's made and sold and some still selling then of course there's fivemega and Icarus - have a look at his mods, some awsome quality there. look at the recipie for the LarryK14. I think money can be better spent then on the Maxabeam. For the cost of one Maxabeam I think you could get all of the above (pulling that out of my butt, haven't actually done the math) which would be far more satisfying.
If you have something that you want made and you have the cash to back it you might want to PM some of the lower volume modders like tranquillitybase or Icarus or litho123 and you could get something truly special built.
If you want a light that will truly kick butt and not be out of the reach of the normal human being try this recipie:
shortened 6D mag, side switch removed and fitted with 10 AMP tailswitch
tri bored (tube may need to be split and bored because of length) for 3 x 4/3A 4000mah cell stacks x 4 & two with a spacer for 16.8v, a USL type bulb holder from Modamag, a 3.5" head from BST - hopefully someone will part with one... and the Osram 15v 150w bulb for somewhere near 10,000 output lumens and a sensible run time. If you want a smaller light then use smaller batteries which will reduce run time. cmacllel has built a similar light, do a search on "got lumens?"
Until then its a maddening non stop pursuit of a Supernova and which components I want to (ab)use for my freaky bright hotwire to be!
