Post your Night Rig Pics and Videos

[sewerfly]

Looks Great Garfield.

[JTAnimal]

ok here is my first night flyer. I ordered the Night Magic blades today

[sewerfly]

Originally Posted by JTAnimal

ok here is my first night flyer. I ordered the Night Magic blades today

Looks like a good one

[Peaks-n-Valleys]

Roman Candle battle with the Night Planes... (6 min 15 sec)

[Danny_Swe]

this one fits here too. My KDS 450Q with lights



Flickr: http://tinyurl.com/danny-flickr

[kavic5150]

Just finished up another set of my crazy 12v night blades. These are Edge 603mm for the 6HV.



They are powered by home made 3s 240mah packs. Under a load the pack voltage dropped to under 12v within 4 minutes so it looks like these are good for one flight only.

Weight is 163 and 164 grams each so I've some balancing to do. I forgot to get the actual weight before I started. I think they are around 130 grams or so.

Hobbyking claims those 120mm long lamps are 3 watts each. Bunch of BS if you ask me because ebay says those small circular lamps are also 3 watts and they only have 6 chips each vs what looks like 48 chips visible on the long blue lamp.

I like having leds on the tips so the only thing I could think of is 3 1210 leds in series. In the second pic you can see a 10 ohm 2 watt resistor. Despite this the green led lamps leveled off around 130F in a 70 degree room. The longer ones were a steady 100F.

[Dr. M]

Very nice Kavic.

[aburkhardt]

This was a very satisfying project. Did about 3 weeks worth or research and the build took about a week. Being a nitro makes this ideal with the long flight times. I ended up getting a catalyzed clear coat for the blades and canopy. Because of the current winter weather advisory I have yet to fly, but as soon as I can I'll be out there freaking out the neighbors. Big thanks to Jason O'Connell and the video series from Gus Petraits!





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[4li3n]

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[Rodney Kirstine]

That's pretty awesome.

[Dr. M]

More and more night Gobblers. Nice!

[sewerfly]

Looks like ROBO HELI

[fusionsx00]

Gaui X2 diy night blades, 5 smd leds. Green blue on top and blue,red, and purple on bottom.
Powered by a 1s 50mah pack with a sh-plug to charge and turn on. This forum help me 100%

So here is a pic and a short vid, i still need to mount some leds on the tail boom for orientation.

Gaui X2 night blades test (0 min 38 sec)

[beans07]

Converted my Logo600SE to a night rig due to little use.

Logo 600SE converted to SX head and gear
BLS253
BLS251
Jive 120HV
Pyro 700-45
Radix 690mm night blades
Edge 105mm night tail blades
LED's running off a 3s lipo with a 20A brushed ESC to control the brightness

[Boris the Blade]

Decided to share my setup. Trex 550 DFC stretched, BD3SX.

I did not go too far setting up fancy controllers. Just main LED (warm yellow) in a shape of arrow (canopy side) and straight line (tail). Cross if looking from the front. Perpendicular red line canopy side, 2 red lines tail direction if looking from the bottom. 3S battery power supply. I run it at 11v to reduce amount of light. As it does not consume barely anything battery keeps same voltage for many flights.

My main blades RT 530 are small round battery operated, start when spooling up. Same with tail blades. No charging. Just replace when needed.

My flying experience was so great I stopped flying day time. Started with careful hovering, today performed whole sky loops and all I can do in 3D. Sound, power, looks, finally stars and Australian moon: just amazing!

I have a great spot next to my home. A cricket club field with 24h lighten barbecue area. Easy to setup and make few steps into the darkness. Love whole thing, just wanted to share!

[Luigi_tuga]

Following the excellent tips in this "dark" area of HF, I've set-up my beater, a Tarot 480 Sport for some night action.
It's only lacking a bit of lighting in the tail section, but it works OK as it is.
Got figure a way to keep the Camera from having the auto focus working during the flight.

[ame]http://youtu.be/3F_S1Xc90Sg[/ame]

[Coco66]

Nice!

You just have the canopy's red and green the other way around... normally it's RRR (right red return), so the red should be on the left side... joking

[Luigi_tuga]

Originally Posted by Coco66

Nice!

You just have the canopy's red and green the other way around... normally it's RRR (right red return), so the red should be on the left side... joking

Thanks!!

Now i know why my chaos wasn't tight enought

[3DehoverHF]

Hi, i have been following the night flying forums and have now done some night flying with my 450X with night blades i made. After a few changes i have a setup I'm sort of happy with. Big fun to be able to fly at night - thanks to all the helpful posts.

Video to come of Hamish Scott flying my 450X night rig for the first time as soon as its uploaded.

[3DehoverHF]

Hamish Scott Blade 450X - night flying my heli (1st time he's flown mine at night) (0 min 33 sec)

Quick 30 sec video of mate Hamish Scott flying my 1st night rig attempt Blade 450x.