Aviator series lights that should have been.....

As is well known, i *love* my A2 Aviator (white LED), it's my main EDC, it's an extremely versatile, well made light, quite possibly the *best* general use light on the market

that said, it'd be nice if there were more models in the Aviator series.....

the A3 Aviator, a 3 cell version, optomized for sheer incan power, with regulated 5MM LED's *AND* Incan, more powerful incan beam than the A2, maybe around 120-150 lumens

the A1 Aviator, a one cell light, optomized for runtime, reduce the lumen rating on the LED ring (unregulated) to 1 lumen, and have the regulated incan beam put out around 25-35 lumens

keep the floody LED / throwy incan setup unchanged

this way, you'd have a compact, long runtime A1, a nice balanced general use A2, and a power-optomized A3

hey, a guy can dream, can't he?

And how about an A3T?

Personally I would really like to see a Kroma light so to speak. One set of LEDs on the outside in a color (Red/Blue/Green/White whatever) and a next gen LED as the main bulb, same switching mechanism as the A2, same size etc. I wouldn't want this to replace the A2 but would make a nice all LED option of it. The A2L and A1L would be fabulous. Basically an E1L with a Cree and three 3-5mm LEDs similar to the Streamlight TL1 and a two cell version.

Figure the 1 cell version should have a runtime on high of about 1.5 hours at 65ish lumens and 10-15 hours on the small flood LEDs running at about 1-3 lumens.

Larger version should run at about 80ish lumen for about 1-1.5 hours for the main bulb and 20-30 hours at 1-3 lumen soft flood of the smaller LEDs. Same spectacular switching.

Cost should be around $140ish for the small one, $160ish for the large one.

carrot said:

And how about an A3T?

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turbohead?

what's the point, some of the other manufacturers will just put some LEDs in their reflectors, and not use regulation circuit, and try to under cut Surefire's price for a properly engineered unit. Meanwhile 400 threads will be started on SF A3T Vs ______, a bitter war will ensue and people will be called stupid for paying for the price of a technological marvel.

We already have enough Spec-Commandoes roaming CPF, they will descend on the price of the proposed product armed with dollar-per-lumen ratio, why they think incans suck, what you can get for x dollars, etc. judging from the skepticism that A2 faces on CPF, I would stay away from such a product if I were the R&D guy for SF. Looks like that's precisely what they did.

carrot said:

And how about an A3T?

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you know there is the A2T:naughty:, that is if you can find one:nana:

carrot said:

And how about an A3T?

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There's a pic of a turbo A2 somewhere in PK's webpage. I posted it here a while back, but I forget which thread it was. I'll have to look for it...

HA! It only took me a month to find it last time, but here it is. That post has a link to the pic I'm talking about, and if you read the posts following that, you'll learn more about the A2 protos.

benchmade_boy said:

you know there is the A2T:naughty:, that is if you can find one:nana:

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I do know it exists in prototype form. But I don't see the point of a turbohead on a 2-cell light. If I'm gonna have the bulk of a turbohead, I might as well add another cell for more output.

I though the aviator was a specific light, crafted for aviator tasks, which leads me to believe there will not be a series under that name.

I like the ideas though!

i like the a3 and a3t ideas but the a1 is pretty much a sl twintask 1l.

i would buy an A1

well since its not made yet. might i suggest the closest thing to what it would be? the sl twintask 1L

greenLED said:

There's a pic of a turbo A2 somewhere in PK's webpage. I posted it here a while back, but I forget which thread it was. I'll have to look for it...

HA! It only took me a month to find it last time, but here it is. That post has a link to the pic I'm talking about, and if you read the posts following that, you'll learn more about the A2 protos.

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WOW I NEED THAT! I wish PK can give me one...

mossyoak said:

...might i suggest the closest thing to what it would be? the sl twintask 1L

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I had one of these for a few days. I really, really didn't like it.

Greetings!

I'd like an A2 sized Kroma without the Blue LED's.

Best wishes,
Bawko

Atomic_Chicken said:

Greetings!

I'd like an A2 sized Kroma without the Blue LED's.

Best wishes,
Bawko

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I'll take one too.

yeah i didnt like the tewintask either they seem cheap.

benchmade_boy said:

you know there is the A2T:naughty:, that is if you can find one:nana:

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carrot said:

I do know it exists in prototype form. But I don't see the point of a turbohead on a 2-cell light. If I'm gonna have the bulk of a turbohead, I might as well add another cell for more output.

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he was referring to the A2-PP-_ _