Ultimate "Open Source" light

[problemchild200]

I was wondering if any of you would be interested in an open source light. We could all collaborate on the design and building of the light. I am new to these forums and don't have the tech know-how to do this. What I do have is a customer with 12 CNC machines who makes military hardware. I also have a customer with a 3 PVD coating machines. Between the two customers we could make and finish the ultimate flashlight.

What we would need is:

Consensus a light design
Plans for the light
Raw material
Components (or a kit and you supply components)
Assembly (or kit form and you assemble)
Shipping.

Once we decide what LED to use we would need to design the reflector, the head, the pill, the heatsink, the body, the tailcap.

Are any of you interested in this?

 

[saabluster]

I was wondering if any of you would be interested in an open source light. We could all collaborate on the design and building of the light. I am new to these forums and don't have the tech know-how to do this. What I do have is a customer with 12 CNC machines who makes military hardware. I also have a customer with a 3 PVD coating machines. Between the two customers we could make and finish the ultimate flashlight.

What we would need is:

Consensus a light design
Plans for the light
Raw material
Components (or a kit and you supply components)
Assembly (or kit form and you assemble)
Shipping.

Once we decide what LED to use we would need to design the reflector, the head, the pill, the heatsink, the body, the tailcap.

Are any of you interested in this?

Look here.

 

[AdamW]

Aleph?

Mag?

SureFire?

All of these lights are very well supported by a huge aftermarket. Switches, lenses (aspherical, Pyrex, etc.), bigger light heads, tail caps, drivers, body tubes, etc, etc.

 

[problemchild200]

Look here.

Interesting. He starts off with a demand for what the light should have. Im starting with a clean slate. Also after 3 pages of discussion there is no main idea.

Well if its going to catch on we need a main idea.

What bulb?
Thrower?
Batteries?
Driver?
Material?
Size?

 

[xcel730]

It's a good idea. Though it'll be hard to come up with a consensus. For example, I like the Seoul P4 and P7 LEDs, but some people might want CREE-based LEDs, while other might want to stick with Luxeon. You might have to go with a poll with a deadline and pick the parts with the majority vote.

I also like Titanium :sssh:

In 1 x CR123a/RCR132a format

AlTin Coating

Preferrably an option to choose between a smooth and textured reflector.

3 Speed driver with a low of about 2 lumens, med of 30 lumens, and high of 150+ lumens

Forward clicky

 

[AardvarkSagus]

I'd vote for the Cree XP-E personally for a emitter. Same 1x123 format and Ti body. I'd say a Forward clicky with adjuster knob on the tailcap for brightness control however (ala Gatlight). Also I would recommend optics rather than reflectors. I think future advancements lie in that area more than reflectors.