CF MHS saber question?

**Count Malik** · 02-01-2008, 10:49 PM

Hello all, just got an e-mail from Erv' saying CF 3.0 will be a sum of 60 boards and will be released at the biggining of March. So this got me thinking, I decided to start saving for one. But I already bought everything to build a basic saber which will be powerd by a stock AA battery pack for a green K2. Well I need to know when I buy a CF were to stick the board and the speaker since I don't have rechargable batteries? Novastar said to put the speaker above the battery pack, but how and were would I mount the CF board and the speaker? Thanks.

**vortextwist** · 02-02-2008, 07:19 AM

I know erv said to mount the board as low in the saber as possible but you could put it anywhere, it may just not respond as well. My suggestion is to invest in a rechargable pack and recharge port.

**sekrogue1985** · 02-02-2008, 07:26 AM

Originally Posted by vortextwist

I know erv said to mount the board as low in the saber as possible but you could put it anywhere, it may just not respond as well. My suggestion is to invest in a rechargable pack and recharge port.

in agreement with this i have my speaker mounted in the pummel of my saber. then the board which half of it sitting on the battery pack which is have a cooling wrap and stuff that erv said i should use. the board is very low in the hilt and yeah. though i've yet toget a recharge port and what not. I can only find them at erv's site and with the exchange rate as it is not worth it right now. man the US dollar is sucking some hard right now.

**Dark Navel** · 02-02-2008, 11:00 AM

Quick question: What are the dimensions of his board?

**valeon** · 02-02-2008, 11:59 AM

http://www.plecterlabs.com/catalog/a...articles_id=31

**Jay-gon Jinn** · 02-02-2008, 01:54 PM

Originally Posted by sekrogue1985

in agreement with this i have my speaker mounted in the pummel of my saber. then the board which half of it sitting on the battery pack which is have a cooling wrap and stuff that erv said i should use. the board is very low in the hilt and yeah. though i've yet toget a recharge port and what not. I can only find them at erv's site and with the exchange rate as it is not worth it right now. man the US dollar is sucking some hard right now.

You can't find a recharge port except at erv's site? Am I understanding this correctly? If so, look here:
http://www.thecustomsabershop.com/21...-Jack-P37.aspx

and here:
http://www.thecustomsabershop.com/21...arger-P36.aspx

And for the charger here:
http://www.thecustomsabershop.com/24...rger-P145.aspx

**sekrogue1985** · 02-02-2008, 02:33 PM

Originally Posted by Jay-gon Jinn

You can't find a recharge port except at erv's site? Am I understanding this correctly? If so, look here:
http://www.thecustomsabershop.com/21...-Jack-P37.aspx

and here:
http://www.thecustomsabershop.com/21...arger-P36.aspx

And for the charger here:
http://www.thecustomsabershop.com/24...rger-P145.aspx

lolol I was typing in the wrong search stuff lol but yeah it was me just neglecting things aka brain fried and kinda lazy college is a bitch getting your MS is a bitch sorry i'm an idiot hahaha back tot he books

**Count Malik** · 02-02-2008, 04:29 PM

I just emailed Erv' and he said to use the small li-ion battery pack for my green K2 and to drill holes in the pommel for the speaker. And I guss I'll put the board lowest possible. Thanks for that.

**Novastar** · 02-03-2008, 05:07 PM

For the record, many types of ports can be used for a recharge port... it all depends on your wiring. Wiring for a kill + recharge port can get tricky, but a simple "charge only" port is just positive and negative. You can make the jack and port anything you like. Just make sure to get + and - right for both ends. That helps.

As to a speaker--you can put it anywhere you like, my suggestion was to help facilitate removal of batteries. However, yes, I prefer recharge ports, which then do not limit where you put your batteries. In fact, you can then put them wherever you like.

As to placing CF here or there... it is not as big a deal as some people make it out to be. In fact, I would challenge anyone to be able to put CF in a non-functional (or poorly functional) place inside a hilt that is meant as a single saber. Why is it hard to screw it up? Well, you can RARELY get CF to lie underneath your "main" or forward hand on the hilt--therefore, you will rarely prohibit the motion sensing and torque.

Now granted--do you want it 1/4" below the fulcrum point in your saber? No. But even a few inches below the fulcrum can and will produce good motion sensing results.

FINALLY, (as if this isn't long enough)... you can suit your "sensitivity" settings in the CF parameters to how far you've placed CF from the central fulcrum point. I have slightly "amped up" my settings for the Flange III sabers because the CF board is NOT at the "bottom" or pommel of the hilt. In fact, it is about 4.5" to 5" down the hilt, in the center of the entire thing. If CF "wasn't any good" in the center of the hilt... the Flange III sabers would not respond very well now would they. Judge for yourself in the videos if you haven't seen them:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=2iaDEhfd4yo
http://youtube.com/watch?v=7OQRAbt5z2Q
http://youtube.com/watch?v=vp8GI7jz1tk

Most of you have seen these, but... I just wanted people to know... IT'S OK TO PUT CF IN A BUNCH OF PLACES!!

The only possible place that CF might be "bad" would be directly in the center of a STAFF hilt. Even then, it would only be for "helicopter spins" or whatever. If that.