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08-07-2015, 12:45 AM | #1 (permalink) |
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MCPX - 23 LED NIGHT SETUP
I have tried other setups and was never very satisfied.
My first custom attempts - good but not good enough Perfect Regulators - decent but very short blade battery flight time. and to keep flying you have no options - recharge 20 mah lipos just didn't cut it, and difficult to charge even at .05 amps. It would very quickly jump to 4.2 volts and would end up with 3.85 - 4.05 volts - even charging in parallel for a mah buffer. Fuselage lighting - insufficient for good orientation My setup 70 mah lipo = 1,000 % better - took a normal .05 amp charge perfectly = 20 - 30 minutes 3 - 805 leds per blade - 2 green top / 1 blue bottom Powered by 70 mah lipo - top of rotor mast Honest 15 - 20 minutes blade battery flight time - 30 seconds to replace. 12 white - 805 leds on boom - 6 per side 1 pink 3mm led for tail light 4 white 805 leds - nose to light up a custom made white foam canopy It really shows up well backlit - whole canopy glows System adds 3.0 grams with battery vs daytime setup It's been a lot of designing and building - great night flying little heli If interested let me know - I put some pictures up |
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08-07-2015, 03:32 PM | #2 (permalink) |
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Of course, !
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08-08-2015, 01:00 PM | #3 (permalink) |
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I will get you some pictures soon.
Be back in town Monday |
08-17-2015, 08:34 PM | #4 (permalink) |
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Sorry for the delay - it's a busy time of year for me.
I made a few changes to my night setup for the MCPX BL. Had to figure out a few details I wanted more light for the canopy 10 white 1206 leds in the front to backlight the canopy 10 white 1206 leds on the sides - 5 per side Holy @#$% - It shows up amazingly well - without being overly bright because it's diffused through the white foam canopy Replaced the single pink led in the tail with a set of 3 red 805 leds They face left, right and rear for better overall visibility. Total LED's = 41 32 white / 4 green / 3 red / 2 blue It's been a fun project I promise pictures are coming |
08-18-2015, 09:12 AM | #5 (permalink) |
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MCPX BL - night fly setup
Just a few pictures of the night setup
The most important thing to me is getting the lighting just right so you get balanced visibility between the various components. Outstanding visibility - The backlit fuselage / full boom setup really helps transitioning from day flying - giving similar visual cues. In flight, the lighting is just about perfect for me. No one thing is overly bright and washing the rest of the heli out. I also threw some pics of my heavily modified day version MCPX BL It is a rocket ship ! Lynx EOX 8200 kv 1101 main motor - XP 10a - BLheli 4000 kv tail - CP 7a - BLheli Full fuselage canopy 130X gear modified 450 mah - 65 c batteries |
08-18-2015, 10:35 AM | #6 (permalink) |
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Very nice. A LiPo on the head is definitely the way to do night flying on a small model, but you went for way more LEDs than I did on the body and it looks great.
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08-18-2015, 11:28 AM | #7 (permalink) |
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Thx - it was a lot of fun figuring it all out.
There's a lot to designing a full night system, for my feeble brain anyway. Biggest hurdle was finding the right lipo for the blades and designing it to be robust and lightweight. |
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