"Fat Star" Octa 8x SST-90 Colossus Led Flashlight @ 18.000 lumens -more beamshots-

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"Fat Star" Octa 8x SST-90 Colossus Led Flashlight @ 18.000 lumens -more beamshots-

Hello,

instead of doing something serious with my money like going to Ibiza, I put some parts together,
in the beginning there was this lathe and a piece of aluminium:
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...later it looked like this, thanks to Piet from Frankfurt:
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...and here are all the parts for the whole light together:
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...the SST-90 emitters, connected together in series and glued to the
massive heatsink for the modamag 4" Turbo Head:


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...the modamag configurable battery adapter with 8x IMR18650 cells, I will use
a stock Mag switch to power this light- not sure, what will happen in use...
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"Fat Star" Octa 8x SST-90 in 4" Colossus Turbo Head:

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"Fat Star" Octa 8x SST-90 Colossus Led Flashlight at about 18.000 Lumens, the whole light:
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This current I measured with 8x AW IMR18650 cells fresh from the charger, I wanted to get
nothing more but 9amps for 8x 2250 lumens = 18.000 lumens, but I got this, my camera had
some problems to take the photo, down left is the heatsink with the working SST-90 emitters.
I hope some resistance will be added when the flashlight host and the switch will come
in between and current will be reduced...
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Controlshot at white wall:
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DX stock P7 light:
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"Fat Star" Octa 8x SST-90:
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DX stock P7 at a parking lot:
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"Fat Star" 8x SST-90:
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Avenue with trees, light up by my car with 2x H7 on high:
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Same Avenue light up by the "Fat Star" (without help of carlights):
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"Frankfurt Holiday Inn", DX stock P7:
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"Fat Star" 8x SST-90:
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"Messeturm Frankfurt", 70 floors overground, DX stock P7:
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"Fat Star" 8x SST-90:
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Fat Star with new alu-reflectors:
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Beamshots with new reflectors:
To have any comparison to the Ledil reflectors, I took new photos at the "Holiday Inn", controlshot:
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...please excuse blurish quality, I could only take one beamshot, then some security from the hotel showed up and asked me "friendly" to leave...
"Fat Star" with new reflectors:

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...a street close to my home at night:
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...same setup with Fat Star:
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...and here is the video: FatStar

Thank you for watching & best regards from Frankfurt,

Steffen.
:wave:
 
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mvyrmnd

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Re: "Fat Star" Octa 8x SST-90 Colossus Led Flashlight @ 18.000 lumens

:eek:

:bow:


I have no words....

Oh, hang on, yes I do.

Beamshots!
 

ktheo

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Re: "Fat Star" Octa 8x SST-90 Colossus Led Flashlight @ 18.000 lumens

Beamshots asap!
 

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Re: "Fat Star" Octa 8x SST-90 Colossus Led Flashlight @ 18.000 lumens

Holy cow, awesome build you got there. :drool:. I wonder if the head will glow to red after running it for minute(s)! :naughty:.
 

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Re: "Fat Star" Octa 8x SST-90 Colossus Led Flashlight @ 18.000 lumens

13A through that I'm guessing 18 gauge wire in the head?
Loord...something will be red, just not the heatsink of the batteries [they are red to begin with :nana:]
 

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Re: "Fat Star" Octa 8x SST-90 Colossus Led Flashlight @ 18.000 lumens

only 8x SST-90 ???

:lolsign:
 

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Re: "Fat Star" Octa 8x SST-90 Colossus Led Flashlight @ 18.000 lumens

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Re: "Fat Star" Octa 8x SST-90 Colossus Led Flashlight @ 18.000 lumens

INSANE!!!! :goodjob:
Now if you could make something like that for a motorbike...... :hitit:
 

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Re: "Fat Star" Octa 8x SST-90 Colossus Led Flashlight @ 18.000 lumens

I can't wait to get home to see the pics you have posted. Internet at work does not allow me to look at pics. :confused:
 

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Re: "Fat Star" Octa 8x SST-90 Colossus Led Flashlight @ 18.000 lumens

Overdog, I like my steak medium rare. 30 seconds per side please.

lovecpflovecpflovecpf
 

ahorton

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Re: "Fat Star" Octa 8x SST-90 Colossus Led Flashlight @ 18.000 lumens

At 12 minutes of runtime it won't heat up much I guess.

What is its mass?

... Also waiting for beamshots.
 
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Re: "Fat Star" Octa 8x SST-90 Colossus Led Flashlight @ 18.000 lumens

At 12 minutes of runtime it won't heat up much I guess.

What is it's mass?

... Also waiting for beamshots.

at 13A its ~380W !!!
at 9A still ~240

It will heat up very very quick :cool:
 

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Re: "Fat Star" Octa 8x SST-90 Colossus Led Flashlight @ 18.000 lumens

Holy moly, this is some really serious amount of light :eek:
Great work, really really great :twothumbs
 

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Re: "Fat Star" Octa 8x SST-90 Colossus Led Flashlight @ 18.000 lumens

:eek:

B E A M S H O T S !
 

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Re: "Fat Star" Octa 8x SST-90 Colossus Led Flashlight @ 18.000 lumens

You've told me about it before but I never expected your were building a flashlight with those SST-90s :eek:
Nice one!!
 
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Re: "Fat Star" Octa 8x SST-90 Colossus Led Flashlight @ 18.000 lumens

wow, can't wait to see beamshots.. you're gonna need a taller building!
 

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Re: "Fat Star" Octa 8x SST-90 Colossus Led Flashlight @ 18.000 lumens

wow. you can scorch and burn a whole football stadium with that thing.

Fixed that for you.

Holy nice build! I am curious, though, stock mag switch? 18G wires? Will they handle this?
Is there a low beam, like 6000 lumens or something?

Oh, and BEAMSHOTS!!!!
 

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Re: "Fat Star" Octa 8x SST-90 Colossus Led Flashlight @ 18.000 lumens

Doesn't it feel good to be there, on top of that hill?:twothumbs

This thing is begging for a photo like the publicity shot of the SR-90 being compared to a car's headlamps.
 
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