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Thunder Fighter · 09-21-2011, 09:58 AM

My first night rig ready for a day flight to check it out before trying night flying for the first time this weekend at a funfly.

HK waterproof LED strips, MS Comp 430mm night blades. It is a bit hard to see from the pictures but I have Blue LED's on the Canopy upper, White on the lower and under the LG. The boom is Red and the tail fin is Yellow.

I am running the LED's off a 3s 360mah with a Brushed ESC running all of the LED's on an aux channel so I can change the brightness. It lets me turn down the brightness depending on the ambient light. The LED pack runs the LED's for 10 minutes at full brightness so I will be swapping both packs every flight.

Only change I might make is to put some Blue LED's on the outside of the LG but I want to see it in the air first and see what it looks like with just the while LED's underneath the LG.

//Dennis.

MSH-Direct · 09-21-2011, 06:24 PM

I have always wanted to do this to one of mine but have know idea where to start. What do you recommend as far as parts,setup, etc...

Please post some video when its available

Looks great btw.

Thunder Fighter · 09-21-2011, 08:36 PM

I will post up some pictures of the setup and links to the bits and pieces I used after the weekend. I am driving to a funfly 7 hours away in the morning for the first flights.

Should have some video as well after the trip but I am not a 3D flyer, just sports aerobics and inverted so it won't be too exciting.

It was pretty much all Hobby King stuff so all up was a bit over $100USD for everything used including blades.

//Dennis.

Thunder Fighter · 09-24-2011, 10:15 AM

Had my first night fly tonight, only got one pack through between rain showers but it went perfectly. Did loops, rolls, a few flips, stall turns and some inverted hovering and didn't have any problem with orientation. I didn't get any video as the guy using my camera didn't know how to lock the focus so it was just a blur. Took one hour to switch back to a day flyer for tomorrow.

Really glad I set.it up and looking forward to more flights in the future.

//Dennis.

09-21-2011, 09:58 AM	#1 (permalink)
Thunder Fighter Registered Users Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Melb, Oz	My Protos night flyer My first night rig ready for a day flight to check it out before trying night flying for the first time this weekend at a funfly. HK waterproof LED strips, MS Comp 430mm night blades. It is a bit hard to see from the pictures but I have Blue LED's on the Canopy upper, White on the lower and under the LG. The boom is Red and the tail fin is Yellow. I am running the LED's off a 3s 360mah with a Brushed ESC running all of the LED's on an aux channel so I can change the brightness. It lets me turn down the brightness depending on the ambient light. The LED pack runs the LED's for 10 minutes at full brightness so I will be swapping both packs every flight. Only change I might make is to put some Blue LED's on the outside of the LG but I want to see it in the air first and see what it looks like with just the while LED's underneath the LG. //Dennis. Attached Thumbnails __________________ soXos: Strike 8.1 - Strike 7.1 Light - Strike 6.1 : Goosky: RS7 - RS4 - S2 - S1 soXos DB7 nightflyer : Jeti DS-16 & DS-12 I am www.soxosaustralia.com.au \| soXos helis \| 1st-RC Products \| EGODRIFT motors \| Goosky helis \| Spinblades

09-21-2011, 08:36 PM	#3 (permalink)
Thunder Fighter Registered Users Thread Starter Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Melb, Oz	I will post up some pictures of the setup and links to the bits and pieces I used after the weekend. I am driving to a funfly 7 hours away in the morning for the first flights. Should have some video as well after the trip but I am not a 3D flyer, just sports aerobics and inverted so it won't be too exciting. It was pretty much all Hobby King stuff so all up was a bit over $100USD for everything used including blades. //Dennis. __________________ soXos: Strike 8.1 - Strike 7.1 Light - Strike 6.1 : Goosky: RS7 - RS4 - S2 - S1 soXos DB7 nightflyer : Jeti DS-16 & DS-12 I am www.soxosaustralia.com.au \| soXos helis \| 1st-RC Products \| EGODRIFT motors \| Goosky helis \| Spinblades

09-24-2011, 10:15 AM	#4 (permalink)
Thunder Fighter Registered Users Thread Starter Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Melb, Oz	Had my first night fly tonight, only got one pack through between rain showers but it went perfectly. Did loops, rolls, a few flips, stall turns and some inverted hovering and didn't have any problem with orientation. I didn't get any video as the guy using my camera didn't know how to lock the focus so it was just a blur. Took one hour to switch back to a day flyer for tomorrow. Really glad I set.it up and looking forward to more flights in the future. //Dennis. __________________ soXos: Strike 8.1 - Strike 7.1 Light - Strike 6.1 : Goosky: RS7 - RS4 - S2 - S1 soXos DB7 nightflyer : Jeti DS-16 & DS-12 I am www.soxosaustralia.com.au \| soXos helis \| 1st-RC Products \| EGODRIFT motors \| Goosky helis \| Spinblades

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09-21-2011, 06:24 PM	#2 (permalink)
MSH-Direct Registered Users Join Date: Sep 2011	I have always wanted to do this to one of mine but have know idea where to start. What do you recommend as far as parts,setup, etc... Please post some video when its available Looks great btw.

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