What about the TRI-LUX?

[Sandstrom]

Have someone heard bout updates?  ???

[jack3auer]

sorry not me, been absent on some smuggling trips, perhaps yoda knows?

[Aluke123]

it is undergoing further development at this point. there's a thread on TCSS with the updates on it (however few there are). acerocket and corbin are working on it.

[Darth Raijlin]

How does this work exactly?  I'm just trying to remember back to my basic Art classes whereby they state the three primary colors that you can utilize to get other colors is: RED, YELLOW, and BLUE

Hence: Green = yellow and blue

Orange = red and yellow

purple = red and blue


Now with this Tri-lux and it being RED/BLUE/GREEN, is that saying there is no way to get the colors Orange and Yellow?

I know light acts differently than paint, so excuse my ignorance here, but I would think that when RED and GREEN were combine together, you would get a very darkened light.  Am I wrong?

And I assume that the Green and Blue would give you a Cyan color?

[Aluke123]

you can get any color with the tri lux in RGB form.

this is a video of gelukhangharr at TCSS with his Prolight RGB saber.
http://www.illumisabers.com/RGB%20lightsaber%20lg.wmv

imagine that but 3 times brighter and you've got the tri lux  8)

[Darth Raijlin]

pretty cool.  thanks for the link.

So is this limited to only the Lux IIIs, or can they put a Blue Lux V, Green Lux V, and a Red Lux III in that same housing?

[Aluke123]

you could, but then heat would be a VERY large issue.

one of the main problems currently is heat, and that's with 3 watters, not 5 watters. a K2 would probably work, but i don't know of the optics would work with them. it might be that the max you can put in is 3 lux 3s.

keep in mind batteries too. with 3 3 watters, you need around 10 volts, with 3 5 watters, you'd need around 18  :o

[Luke S.]

looks like a cool idea but i am not sure if i care about changing colors.  but if you could make it brighter that would be great.  heat would def be an issue and it seems like it would drastically reduce runtime.

[vortextwist]

not necesarilly to change the colors but to put 3-3 watt leds in there.  Can you imagine, 3 royal blue (or whatever color you desire) 3 watters in there. OMG

[Sidneyious]

Equilavent of 9W or so give or take.

But that would require a hilt about 13-14 inches long.

I want a 12" hilt With an orang trilux making more than 3W.

[vortextwist]

But that would require a hilt about 13-14 inches long.

 ::) you won't need that long of an hilt. :P

[Sidneyious]

if you want just a plain jain no bling saber then yes you can do it with a shorter hilt. but I want ervs board in this thing.

[Darth Pantsless]

How does this work exactly?  I'm just trying to remember back to my basic Art classes whereby they state the three primary colors that you can utilize to get other colors is: RED, YELLOW, and BLUE

Hence: Green = yellow and blue

Orange = red and yellow

purple = red and blue


Now with this Tri-lux and it being RED/BLUE/GREEN, is that saying there is no way to get the colors Orange and Yellow?

I know light acts differently than paint, so excuse my ignorance here, but I would think that when RED and GREEN were combine together, you would get a very darkened light.  Am I wrong?

And I assume that the Green and Blue would give you a Cyan color?

I can't remember how the colour splits, but yes you are correct in that it works differently to paint. By varying the inputs of the different colours you should be able to get any colour you want. Television screens only have three different colour pixels (CRT screens anyway, not sure about plasma/LCD), being red/blue/green. Diffusion may be an issue, with one side of the blade being a different colour than the other, but all three colours at once should give you white light.

[vortextwist]

if you want just a plain jain no bling saber then yes you can do it with a shorter hilt. but I want ervs board in this thing.

even with erv's board you still can pull it off, if his will power a tri lux.

[HAN SOLO]

Wow...that's pretty neat.

However, I really can't see too much use for me with something like that. But that's just me. Most would probably love this.

Great look though! :)