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- Working in Tandem – Unconventional XY-axis layouts for 3D printing, laser cutting, CNC milling, engraving or pick and place.
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- The ideal shape for a multirotor ‘ducted-fan’ that can dramatically improve thrust and flight time.
- Breaking through the 2 hour barrier – Maximising efficiency to achieve the longest flight time of an electric multirotor (quadcopter)
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- Playing around with a heated chamber design.
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Tag Archives: ledil
Low cost bike light – Finished.
Here is the finished ‘low cost’ helmet light for my bike. Estimated output on high is 270lumen. The general overview. The LED, driver, optics and rotary switch assembly are mounted inside a 20mm diameter square aluminium tube. The LED is a single Cree XP-G mounted … Continue reading
Posted in Low cost lights.
Tagged bike light, bike lights, Cree, electronics, helmet light, Led lighting., LED lights, ledil, ledil optics, NiMh, optics, XP-G
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Low Cost Bike Light Construction
Found some time today to finally get started on a head lamp for my helmet. Its a fairly simple build this one with most of the parts being unmodified. Below you can see the 8xAA battery holder (4 on top, … Continue reading
Posted in Low cost lights.
Tagged bike lights, Cree, electronics, LED, led driver, LED lights, ledil, ledil optics, pencil beam, XP-G
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The finished product
Well its all finished! You can click on the images in the gallery below for more info I ended up using a small section of the black anodized Aluminium to house the switches and brightness pot. I also included the … Continue reading
Posted in Trike Lights
Tagged bike lights, Cree, cycling, LED, ledil, power led, recumbent, recumbent bike, recumbent cycle, recumbent lights, trail lights, XR-E, xre
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Picked up parts for work light and low cost light.
Well today I stopped by a factory estate close to my Uni and picked up the pats for the sub $US20 bike light and work light project. I got 4 new MCPCB mounted XP-G LED’s (Q5 bin) and a single … Continue reading
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Tagged ledil, lumen, power led driver, recumbent, recumbent trike, XP-G
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345 Lumen Sub $US20 Trail Light
Apart from the recumbent trike I also dabble in mountain bikes. So with my new found obsession in all things bright and dazzling (no thanks to the guys over at CPF forums) i’m also going to have a go at a helmet light for … Continue reading
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Tagged bike lights, cp-g, Cree, LED, LED lights, ledil, lumen
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Optics.
Undoubtedly the optics used for the trike lights will be one of the most important components. So I spent my spare time today hunting around to find something that is compatible with the XR-E, rugged, small and within budget. With that I … Continue reading
Posted in Trike Lights
Tagged bike lights, ledil, ledil optics, optics, pencil beam, Trike Lights, XR-E
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