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[wedoitall]

Check it. 40watts of lights on a 38" foamy

 

[gyro]

Check it. 40watts of lights on a 38" foamy View attachment 20654View attachment 20655

You're ready for the snow to melt aren't you?

 

[wedoitall]

Yea that and time change . Could melt snow with the lights. definitely getting cabin fever. If I could make it off the farm I would go to the field

 

[FlyMike1]

That's cool! Do you have to have a separate battery or can you plug into the receiver for the lights

 

[cardenflyer]

I agree, is that a kit and do you plug into the balance plug or a seperate 2 cell? I'm seriously thinking about setting my new Redwing up like this. And my 58" Extra.

 

[wedoitall]

I plug into the balance plug of the flight pack on this . On my bigger planes I'm using tail lights also and using a buck converter . The lights on the one in the pics is way overkill LOL. They are 30-50cc lights. I burned out ones I originally made up for this one. They were really bright too . I guess you could also use a CC bec to get the exact voltage.

 

[wedoitall]

I'm running 8.4 volts on the ones in the pic. I'm pretty sure they will handle more , like 10 volts but you would have a regulator to get something between 8.4 and 12.6

I flew the one in the pics night before last and every time I would punch throttle or go WOT the lights would dim. Was fun the couple times it went almost dark. I figured out a few things and got it lined out last night. I did have to use the buck converter . I need to try to eliminate it in the setup. I could definitely tell it had some weight last night

 

[cardenflyer]

Run wire under the wing with some hinge tape? How do you secure on the wing tips?

 

[wedoitall]

I made me a nock out of a strong zip tie. Drilled holes in the zip tie where the screws for my sfg's screw in and used the sfg screws to keep it down.

On my laser I got alil more worked involved but all the wires are hidden but yea on this one I used blenderderm tape

 

[3dbandit]

I've got about 40-50 flights on my 2231s in my 109" EG Slick and they're holding up great. Love the power, speed, and centering. I've got 2 on each aileron, one in each elevator half, and 2 on the rudder(push pull). Post a link here when you start the new thread, Jacob.

http://3drcforums.com/showthread.php?2220-Savox-2231SG-Brushless-Servos