Heliguychris
Senior Heliman
Location: Perth, West Australia
My Posts This: Topic Forum | Hey Jag , cool swift dude 
I use Wire on helis, and leds for planks.
Agree with all the power related stuff in the above posts. Worth remembering, that light rope dosent have to be super bright, to be easily seen on a dark night....even in dusk. I use the cheap Align stuff, for the choppers, as its very easy to get, but alas, about 1 in 10 pieces(rope/driver), wont work properly, due to QC.... but its pretty cheap, to get the ball rolling. I run 2 1meter wires , per Align driver, and they are well bright enough for me 
I CA mine to the heli, as i have a lot of trouble with the more elaborate setups( 7+ wires) with cable ties, collapsing the two layers of wire together, and arcing out. This will start as a dimming, and a flicker, then it will fail. This will stop the driver, and other wire on the driver working, and must be removed quickly, or it will kill the driver, and the good wire.
My 700 night rig has 7 wires, and MS 710`s, and MS 105`s.....looks great at night 
Kevin Einsteins awsome night rig with 9 wires
For the planks, we use 4V Leds, mounted on carbon strips, at the extremeties of the wingtips, and tail, angled down to light the surface of the plane. These are powered by 1 cell, like 1000 mah.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-jhIXB33Cw
This video doesnt do it justice, as its taken on a n95 cell fone, and the camera adjusts for the bright point light sources, but in the sky, it looks unreal
Assumption is the mother of all F#@&ups..... |
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