CF MHS saber question?

[Novastar]

The SD cards for CF in the Flange III sabers I've made are accessible by removing 4 screws. It doesn't affect anything else because of the way I designed it. It's not as "easy" as unscrewing a threaded pommel, but... it really isn't rocket science. It takes about 20 seconds.

Again, it all depends on YOUR DESIGN. Additionally, I've found that once the sound fonts are loaded into your SD card (and you're happy with them, with 90% of bugs worked out)... there isn't much necessity to change them out.

Granted, it has taken me a LOT of troubleshooting, tweaking, and maneuvering on the fonts.

[Obi-Dar Ke-Gnomie]

Hey gang! I thought this was an appropriate thread to ask for help.

Here's a sneak preview of the saber I'm working on:



With the blade holder, it will be about 12" long. I used a 1.25" aluminum vacuum cleaner tube as a chassis to hold all the guts. I have some copper pipe that fits nicely over the brass sink tube that I will use for some interesting decorative touches. I'll be using a green K2. I haven't decided what I'm going to do for grips.

If I put a CF in the bottom of the hilt, I can access the SD card very easily by unscrewing the nut. The nut will hold a speaker grill. I'll put the speaker somewhere in the middle, and make sound holes forward of the speaker too. I'll put in a recharge/kill port, and if I can, perhaps a PLI.

Anyway, on to my question. I'm trying to figure out which battery pack to use. Tim sells a 4.8V 4AA NiMH 2600 mAh pack, and a 7.2V 6AA 2600 mAh pack. It says that the 7.2V pack will not fit in a 1.25" tube, but since I cut half of the tube out, it should fit. Is there any benefit to the higher voltage pack if they both have the same mAh rating? Which pack should I use? What's the best setup to make it all fit?

Thanks in advance for your help.

[Lord Maul]

The 7.2V pack will last longer. However, a 4.8V pack will run a good 2 hours with a K2, so you'll be fine.

[Count Malik]

can't wait til CF is back in stock but it also gives me time to get my rechageable battery pack and recharge port all set up. this CF saber will be fully MHS parts, (don't know how to post pics.) I'm using blade holder #1, MPS pommel #5, hilt #4, and a thin-neck "choke point". w/ TCSS battle blade. It will run a green K2. Also if any body can tell me what good aux. swiches work good that would be great.