Night Flying

I have just ordered a few meters of Hobby Kings finest LED light strips so i can light up my shock flyer for night flying

I am going to do a simple blue on the top and red underneath (Unless anyone has a good reason not to do this???)

Can i just solder all of the red wires together and then all of the black wires together so i only have two connections??, the plan is run it of the balance lead from the flight pack

Just want to keep it really simple, its only a piece of foam

The soldering bits sound s good but i think they will need to be powered by a 3s pack - but no harm trying 2s

Thanks Kevin, the shocky flys on 3S, so should be ok

Chris73 wrote: I am going to do a simple blue on the top and red underneath (Unless anyone has a good reason not to do this???)

Is it possible that the LEDs are bright enough to shine through the depron, rendering the 'blue-top' 'red-below' scheme useless? Blue-left and red-right won't matter if they shine through.

I don't know HK's led finest so I'll make some assumptions. I assume they surface mounted leds on thin strip? Chris, wire a strip of leds in series. Yes Off 3 cells Yes. If HK say they are good for 3 cell then trust them..... :whistle: If they are for 2 cell voltages probably need a 220 or 270 ohm resistor on the positive lead on each strip.

Thanks for the replies, they say they are good for 3 cell, so i guess we will find out

I think the foam will be thick enough to stop the light going through, although I must admit i hadn't thought about that, only one way to find out, stick them on and wait for it to get dark :evil:

Sorry to dampen your enthusiasm but there a "fly in the ointment"

- Sorry but no flying after dusk at Cashmoor !

Plenty of other places to fly a shocky after dark

I fly mine behind the Blandford Tesco store.

I also use an old brushed motor controller (2amp rated) to control the LED brilliance.

The strips are normally configured in groups of 3 LEDs in series with a series resistor for each group. Hence they can be connected to a 12v power source without any current limiting resistors.

Ron