luke graflex anh hyperblade

[Scorpion]

hi
ok i been playing with this saber for around 2 week now
stand by for a review of the saber itself and the parts...
ill get it up later on tonight if i can...

[Scorpion]

HYPERBLADE GRAFLEX REPLICA REVIEW!!

OK as some of you may know i decided to rebuild my graflex hyperblade by myself, baring in mind that this bring my 1st ever home built lightsaber..
i put all the electrics together before trying to fit it in the graflex to see what we were working with,
its a really simple set up and very easy to put together it basically just plugs together very little soldering needed
im sorry for not taking photos of this process (i will do on my next build)
you can have the blade lit up and working without a sound board plugged in but thats only half a lightsaber.. right?

the set up was the 11.1V 3cell triangular battery pack (which now states on the hyperblade web site not to use with the sound board) apparently it makes the sound board cut out / reset
but its either that or nothing... it does occasionally cut out but not very often mabey 1 in every 10 uses.
V2 led driver and mild duelling hyperflex
i decided to scrap the nylon blade il show why later in a pic..

once id found the best possible positions for the electrics i started to fit the peices bit by bit starting with the recharge port and speaker
right at the bottom of the hilt, next behind the speaker i put the battery pack
and right behind the battery i put the 2 boards sandwiched together to save room.. (its real tight in a graflex)

next all i had to do was connect the led driver wires to the led strip which i had previously secured in a standard ultraedge blade
i locked it in with a set screw and fastned up the graflex clamp.. no real problems
appart from a peice braking from the sound board during installation... easily solderd back on

i was so happy when i switched it on and whoomph it worked perfectly ..remember this was my 1st ever self built saber i was over the moon

on to the pics


in hilt recharge port with kill key



blaster / deflect button



ultraedge blade instead of nylon

this is how the nylon looked in comparison to the ultraedge, it was just way too bendy



red button - main switch


dark room shot


lit room shot


outdoor natural light shot

youtube vid... please note saber sound fx are custom made by me using the hyper sound tool

run times are a bit of a let down around 20 to 30 mins but apart from that its an awesome saber
that blade scrolling effect is just awesome i never knew how much i missed it with my lux sabers and in all honesty its a big part of a lightsaber
that together with the loud hiss start will never get old i just love it

i am planning 1 or 2 more sabers with this system im just waiting for the new brighter led strips to be released

[EXAR KUN]

Wow Darthsteve! Simply incredible! Sounds SUPER loud and is very nice blue color. Looks like a real lighsaber for sure.

I still haven't gotten my red one properly calibrated. All the pieces are in place, just need that to work for me. My dad is good with computers, maybe he will be able to help me since I think it's a problem on the MiniSD set-up than anything else.

I don't see any in the video, but in person, can you see two subtle 'seems' where there is a slight (very slight) shadow where the three sectional led strips connect?

I can see it slightly in mine, even though I took GREAT CARE and even re-configured and wrapped the led strip 3 times. I know this wouldn't show up on a video, since it is so minor. Was just wondering if you had that small issue.

Awesome completed saber, I love the Anakin. Mine is the same style hilt.

[Scorpion]

hi spacewindu and thanks for the kind comments

the seams on the hyperflex are not visable i think its cos im using the ultraedge blade
although i  have the light dueling version and i beleive the seams are more visable on the heavy deulling version
the ultraedge really spreads the light very well

whats up with yours?

[EXAR KUN]

I've got the heavy dueling version in red. Everything is set so if I can just calibrate it properly I'll be good.

The woman's voice says "please point the saber towards the floor..." for calibration. You can sit there all day and she never proceeds to the next step. I've tried pointing the thing in every direction! lol

[Scorpion]

yeah the seams are defo more visable in the heavy duelling version they are spaced more apart

when the voice says point at the floor try pointing it harshly and then hold it still in the down position
and make sure the sound board is in the correct positin sd card is a the top