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Blades, Night Flying and Painting > Where to get night flying setup like at IRCHA?
 
 
rcmike
Senior Heliman
Location: Dickson, TN

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		I saw the night flying at IRCHA this year and the lights used were awesome. Were the ultra bright LEDs used on most of them an off the shelf item or a custom setup? I have never had good depth perception at night but the visibility on these were great. I have been wanting to try night flying and now I definitely want to try it.
08-18-2009 03:22 AM
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what_the_helli
Key Veteran
Location: cookeville, tn USA

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		Xerogear

Chance is the owner and a super nice guy. I picked some up while I was at IRCHA... I'm gonna do a Stryker first then we'll see about a night heli

I put the fun in dysFUNctional :)
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08-18-2009 04:09 AM
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chopper_crazy
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Location: Delphos, Ohio

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		my question is why was the majority of the night flyers flying nitro machines and not electric? I was thinking about turning my 600esp into a night bird but now considering my 600nsp.

It's a complex, costly, glow powered anti-gravity machine!
08-18-2009 07:33 PM
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rcmike
Senior Heliman
Location: Dickson, TN

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		Are the xerogear lights really that bright? Several of the helis lit up the ground and one (Nick Maxwell's I think) had ultra bright white leds on the tail boom.
08-18-2009 11:25 PM
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playfair
Key Veteran
Location: Rochester, NY

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		Chance is a great guy. We had a good "discussion" about brightness at IRCHA. If you run his lights on the rated 12v (3S lipo) they are ridiculously bright. To me, at a distance they make the machine tough to see, like a glowing fireball. I think this is what Nick was running his white boom at.

I made the night rig for Kyle Stacy, using Xerogear on the tail and vertical fin with glow wire on the canopy.

Ended up running the fin directly off a 2S, but the boom had a diode to drop the volts below 7.

I must admit I'm getting to like the LED's, but be careful combining with glow wire or dim blades as they get washed out.


The sky is our canvas
08-18-2009 11:43 PM
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Double Springs
Senior Heliman
Location: Cookeville, TN

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		I've been running xerogear on my Trex 500 since early this year. I run them off of a 2S Lipo, a 3S is just too bright to me.


Do or Do Not, There is No Try
08-19-2009 01:38 AM
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rcmike
Senior Heliman
Location: Dickson, TN

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		Thanks guys. I had no idea the xerogear ones were so bright. Of course I'd never seen them in person, only pictures. The price isn't too bad either.
08-19-2009 01:47 AM
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Justin Stuart
Elite Veteran
Location: Plano, Texas

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		And Chance is a nice guy. Not to mention he has a very good product. He also sells a dimmer for the Xerogear if you are interested which allows you to vary the brightness.

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08-19-2009 05:50 PM
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MartyH
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Location: Cincinnati

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		I like the glow wire setups myself so that it doesnt look like a big glowing blob at distance. My biggest problem is the LED's on my Futaba 10C being stupidly bright at night and right in my face. I wish we could add one little bit to the software so I could turn those off from a menu instead of having to tape over them.

Marty,
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08-20-2009 01:48 PM
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playfair
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Location: Rochester, NY

My Posts This: Topic  Forum
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My biggest problem is the LED's on my Futaba 10C being stupidly bright at night and right in my face
Now there's a first!
Perhaps you can cut and apply some limo tint over the LED? Won't bend over a compound angle but it might work.


The sky is our canvas
08-21-2009 04:21 AM
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steffgiguere
Elite Veteran
Location: St-Eustache, Quebec, Canada

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		What impressed me the most is how they could turn on and off the lights or change colors at will. Were they doing it or someone else for them?

Please don't ask if I worked or flew today....I would not like to lie to you
08-21-2009 01:01 PM
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FLYINFOOL
Key Veteran
Location: Cudahy, WI

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		I believe that some did it themselves and some had a second person helping.


Jeff Borowski
Gohbee Field Rep
08-27-2009 05:56 PM
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chopper_crazy
Elite Veteran
Location: Delphos, Ohio

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		it sure was in impressive show. I wish XeroGear would have stuck around after the night fly and I would probably have a night bird.

It's a complex, costly, glow powered anti-gravity machine!
08-27-2009 08:08 PM
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flyboy907
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Location: woodstock, ga

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		yeah me too. I about to start a night setup for my trex 700 but have no idea what I am doing. I only have one bird so I am going to have to switch back and forth. However I have an extra canopy I can dedicate to and with night mains and tail will only have to route the tail boom and fin. We will see eyes are peeled on this thread

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08-27-2009 11:01 PM
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STUPINEER
Senior Heliman
Location: allen tx

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		what blades are they using?

If something hasn't broken on your helicopter, it's about to.'
08-31-2009 04:49 AM
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Melon
Senior Heliman
Location: California

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		Most of them were using home made night blades based off radix.

Bamf for life
08-31-2009 05:20 AM
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thenewguy
Key Veteran
Location: Corvallis, Oregon Where there is liquid sunshine!

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		I just built a set. More pics in gallery.

08-31-2009 06:24 AM
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TTASL
Heliman
Location: USA

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		how do you think they did there blades?
11-18-2009 04:46 AM
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merlin3
Veteran
Location: dayton, ohio

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		i did nicks and daniels blades.

Justin
Aurora, 700N, vibe 50, 2 raves
11-18-2009 01:37 PM
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adarsh_007
Heliman
Location: Bangalore, Karnataka - India

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		Ok, i'm ordering couple of leds from xerogear to try them out

Straight & Level Flying Prohibited
12-29-2009 05:38 PM
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