USUK Racing Rally Optimized LED Light Bars - Interest Level?
Posted by simoniac
Simon Wright Godlike Moderator Location: Raleigh, NC Join Date: 10/19/2006 Age: Ancient Posts: 161 Rally Car: Rally Spec Focus |
We are developing a couple of LED light bar units that are designed for rally car use and would like to get a feel for the level of interest in the community.
They are based on industry leading, high intensity, 10 watt CREE LEDs producing an amazing 80+ lumen per watt. Low power draw, robust and fully waterproof (IP68). The two kits planned are: USUK-LLB-48
They will be similar to this example, except that the USUK Racing units will probably have a white housing: 
So, if these were available, would you be interested? Please PM me or email to swright@usukracing.com with your thoughts. Thank you so much. Simon Wright USUK Racing |
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would be interesting to see the difference between those, and the Wolf bars a handful of CA guys are using (like these: http://www.wolfledsystems.com/product_p/0310-d.htm)
any idea on "beam distance" like is given in Wolf's specs? edited to add: Looks like a pretty close match to Wolf's S-series stuff: http://www.wolfledsystems.com/S_Systems_s/1844.htm 6 x 5w CREE for $200, 10 x 5w CREE for $280...  KF7RWG 
http://www.utahrallygroup.com Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/27/2013 12:51PM by Aaron Luptak. |
Simon Wright Godlike Moderator Location: Raleigh, NC Join Date: 10/19/2006 Age: Ancient Posts: 161 Rally Car: Rally Spec Focus |
Hmm. Hard to say. I have no idea how they determine beam distance - seems like a made up number to me. Would you be able to see our 9,600 lumen 12-lamp bar from 3,775 feet? Yes.
In testing at Sandblast we were lighting up road and trees well beyond my driving abilities. I do know that we do not need any kind of flood type lenses - the eurobeam has sufficient near-field illumination and spread for our needs in US rally. We are adding spots into the mix to push out the far-field illumination. I know it's purely subjective but we were told that our lights were by far the brightest running at the STPR Super Special Stage. Simon Edited to fix lumen error and typo. Simon Wright Owner/Driver USUK Racing - Home of the USUK Racing LED Light Bars! North America Rally Map Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 06/27/2013 01:37PM by simoniac. |
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Simon Wright Godlike Moderator Location: Raleigh, NC Join Date: 10/19/2006 Age: Ancient Posts: 161 Rally Car: Rally Spec Focus |
Mike,
Our test mule is running 2 banks of four lamp and ten lamp bars plus stock lights... 
It's hard to tell, from inside the car, whether the stock lights are on or off! More lighting than I probably need. Which led us to the configurations we're developing: six and twelve lamp units. I would probably go with 2 twelve lamp bars wired independently for new lighting now. The six lamp bars would be good as a supplement to some existing lighting. The effective distance was an issue with earlier technologies (3 and 5 watt) but, in our opinion, the current generations of 10 watt CREE LEDs are competitive with traditional lighting. Edit: fixed pic size. Simon Wright Owner/Driver USUK Racing - Home of the USUK Racing LED Light Bars! North America Rally Map Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 06/27/2013 05:18PM by simoniac. |
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Simon Wright Godlike Moderator Location: Raleigh, NC Join Date: 10/19/2006 Age: Ancient Posts: 161 Rally Car: Rally Spec Focus |
Sandblast 2013 was the roll-out for our LED Light Bars.
We are considering developing a line of USUK Racing sunglasses for spectating at night when we're on stage. Simon Wright Owner/Driver USUK Racing - Home of the USUK Racing LED Light Bars! North America Rally Map |
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