Gravy's Light whip 2.0

[infa008]

I read the old lightwhip stuff and now that this new build with the 10W and durability, man I'm really impressed and now a little jealous. Will definitely be trying to build one. Thanks Gravy

[Novastar]

Gravy, you should take Fender's advice... I think he's right--meaning you'll get a brighter flash.

Also, if I'm not mistaken and you're using 7.2v... if you have "RB" in series or parallel or whatever... for the flash, you should go series with "gw", and you won't even need a resistor, because:

* The total voltage needed/required for "gw" in series is => 7.4v
* The flash is brief enough so that you can't draw TONS of amps...
* In order to even DRAW a giant amount of amps--you'd need MORE than the voltage the battery pack can offer.

Now, I could be wrong about this, but it's been proven to work with my CF boards in the past (on RGGB and RGBA setups)... and even if I did/would use a resistor... I'd go for 0.75 or 1ohm at the most.

You will also waste close to no energy during the flash, since you won't be resisting ~3w, aka 3.3ohm (2-4watt capable), etc.