HobbyKing Online R/C Hobby Store : Turnigy R/C LED Lighting System

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15/08/2010
Fernando (50%)
Syryus
gracias!

2/08/2010
Fernando (50%)
Kurt
Thanks for your help!

2/08/2010
Fernando (50%)
Marta de Vargas
Que bateria vc esta usando, eh a mesma de rc, e quantos volts.

syryus (74%)
La misma que la del receptor. Con 4.8 voltios va bien

SPAN001 (78%)
Ea mesma bateria do aeromodelo

Martins (63%)
lipo 1S 800mha

28/07/2010
Fernando (50%)
Marcos Antonio
Obrigado pelas dicas!
Vou te amolar mais um pouco.
Que bateria vc esta usando, eh a mesma de rc, e quantos volts.

Kurt (72%)
Hi Marcos, what I can understand about your question is that I connect the lighting system to an open port of my receiver. I hope this has somehow answered your question! I also have selected the highest voltage to get stronger lights.

SPAN001 (78%)
alimentado pela bateria do aeromodelo

Martins (63%)
LiPo 1s 800mha

25/07/2010
Fernando (50%)
Marcos Antonio
Vc instalou em que tipo de rc?

Marcos Antonio (60%)
Fernando instalei em um asa baixa eltrico, um race, ficou show, eu recomendo colocar as lampadas tidas como farol, um um angulo diferente, tipo uma um apontada um pouco pra cima e a outra um pouco pra baixo, no no mesmo sentido, pois quando o aero fica de cotas, fica muito difcil a visualizao.

2/03/2010
mvaccarouy (85%)
These are not very bright....

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Chrissy47 (59%)
These LED's are actually high intensity LED's the problem is they are crystal clear and lensed so that they are very directional. There is a dead simple fix for this that makes them a lot more visible in all directions (providing thats what you want). Carefully fine bead blast the polycarb body of the LED to diffuse it. This cuts the edge off of the direct view from end on and scatters the light output back through the sides so they clearly glow from all angles the relevant colour. Keep in mind this is not in line with "scale appearance" for that refer to the relevan FAR's and JAR's (23,25, 27 and 29) for aircraft lighting and the real airframe lighting manufacturers light output data.

the FAR's and JAR's is worth at least 1 point. LOL

Marcos Antonio (60%)
tenho um destes, so exelentes e com um alto brilho

mateorl (63%)
Ya ha llegado a mis manos.
Fantastico kit!, muy recomendable.
Buen precio y muy bien ensamblado.
Gracias.

julthefast (28%)
Sand them a bit, make them have a frost finish and you will be able to see them from a bigger angle

9/02/2010
Pavol (63%)
Does anybody here know what current loading capacity of output of this system is? I mean if I change the original LEDs for more light power producing if the circuit will survive it.

12/01/2010
bongofly (53%)
IMPORTANT! Potentionaly this LED system can be like a grade A expensive light set. The following has not been mentioned but it works for all my planes.
1.) LEDs are much Brighter using 6v not 5v.
2.) Triple each one, the control Module can run alot more LEDs, but use a 2nd pair of wires for each color/set or you will burn it.
3.) AFTER you have done 1 & 2 position each LED at 3 diferent angles on each set/color. This way you can see your plane from all derections & have a fun nightfly!!!

bongofly (53%)
This is my Skyfly 2 which I modified with these lights.I also put on it a Turnigy 2409 brushless motor.This is our YOUTUBE link to see this and my other RC videos.
http://www.youtube.com/user/scarletblazegirl

11/12/2009
mvaccarouy (85%)
This are not very bright... you cannot see them on daylight....Even if you put 2 or 3 kits together

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mvaccarouy (85%)
you can find the link here tr.my/Dz1

20/10/2009
Chris (60%)
what gauge is the wire that comes with the lights?

20/10/2009
Chris (60%)
What size or kind of wire do I need to make extensions to fit my 50" wingspan?

Naden (-5%)
I would use the old telephone line for this extention. It has multi wires, single copper core and it's strong but light enought for aerohobbies

26/09/2009
Miles-away (72%)
Be aware of blank wires! I had to resolder my lighting system because the soldering was extremely bad.

Look at my thread:
http://www.hobbycity.com/hobbycity/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3633

or see the picture here:

Blank wires

This issue could cause a crash if a short circuit occurs during flight!

24/08/2009
Dangaras (51%)
I have placed a schematic on the Receiver controlled switch to show you how to use the switch to turn off/on these lights or any product:

http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbycity/store/uploads/462238839X125509X52.pdf

The switch is located here:
https://www.hobbyking.com/hobbycity/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=8833

Jim 15256 (84%)
Thanks for the schematic !

MJBENNETT9 (69%)
Do you need a common ground? I have my RX power system totally isolated on its own 9V battery power supply.

Dangaras (51%)
As per my schematic, yes the entire system NEEDS a common ground if you plan to use the RX controlled switch to turn the lights on & off.

If you want the lights on all the time, then you can power the controller from any isolated battery (ensure you are using the correct voltage as specified).

18/08/2009
Steffen (63%)
Ive got a question. I readed that the channel have to be 50% that the nav-lights are working correct. My question is can I turn it off or on? And if so, can I also turn the landing lights seperate to the others ?

kevinator9 (56%)
Mine did not come with the feature even though it stated it on the website. There are only two wires (red and black) going from the module to your receiver so no signal can get to the module and therefore you cannot turn the lights on and off via you tx unless you modify it.

11/08/2009
Jasper (60%)
Yes, that is right. But the ligts only take 0,01A or something, so i don't care whether they are on or off constant.

28/07/2009
ghost (63%)
That's what I made. But now I can't switch it on or off. I only can switch between flashing green or red. So if you solder a new wire in, you have the version with 3 wires, but it's not switching on or off. I think i have to take a seperate switch.

11/07/2009
Jasper (60%)
I think you can just solder another wire on the IC Board and make it in the Servoplug.

9/07/2009
Dangaras (51%)
I received the Hobbyking version yesterday, the connector to the receiver only has 2 wires, power & ground. This is different than the one I purchased from my LHS.

I will be taking off the heatshrink tubing to determine if there is a solder position on the PCB that I can attach another wire to. Will post findings and pix if possible.

7/07/2009
Dangaras (51%)
These lights are great. The version I have does have a 3 wire connection to the receiver. If you connect them to the Gear channel, you will have the red or green nav lights flash depending on the switch direction.

One could also use the Turnigy receiver controlled switch to turn the lights on or off using a spare channel..

http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbycity/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=8833

30/06/2009
Jasper (60%)
Yeah rattlesnake i understand your point, that is true! 0_0

10/06/2009
Jasper (60%)
There isn't any turning on and off. Stick to the left = green led flashes, stick to right = red led flashes. They're always on

RattleSnake (74%)
You must have a different version jasper, because in the current one the green is solid. Its 2 red leds that slowly fade in and out.
Also moving the stick to the left or right does nothing, they stay on as normal.

Jasper (60%)
Connected properly? Green nav. in the wing and red nav. in the wing should blink when giving stickmovement rattlesnake...

:p I want to make an Solarswitch (don't know the english word) so when it get's dark the lights go on :D

RattleSnake (74%)
Like I said, the current version is different to the one in the photo.
There is NO 3 wire servo lead coming out of the unit that I received. Only a + and - that plug into the receiver.
You would need a signal wire to carry the input of your transmitter/receiver to the unit, which mine clearly DOESN'T have.
Im a bit annoyed as I only bought this product to use this feature.

clark06000 (67%)
This set has only black-red wires, no signal input... So no light changes when moving the Tx stick!
I opened the casing, installed a regular 3 wires servo cable. I removed the smd resistor (1k) between pin 4 of the microchip and ground, then soldered it between signal input pad and this pin 4(copper pads equipped!).
Now, lights change when the Tx channel stick is moved from center to extremes.
Hope this helps for modifying the set. Just use a 10watts iron to avoid burning the pcb...
Clark06000

1/06/2009
rampage-1 (82%)
How do you switch the lights off from the transmitter?

moller123456 (59%)
You need to have a un-used channel

21/04/2009
dwyer52@aol.com (84%)
Could You please correct my email address from dwyer*aol**** to dwyer52*aol**** thank you

2/04/2009
Jasper (60%)
Can i switch mode (like landing lights to normal lights) with my Transmitter?

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