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Turtle_Flyer · 07-25-2015, 10:39 AM

I see several posts on adding a strobe to helicopters. They use a control board. I have seen several white blinking LED's online. It seems to me that with the proper resistor you could tap power off the balance plug of your battery for 4.2 to 3.8 volts. This would seem to be the simple way to add strobes. 1 LED, 1 resistor, wire and a plug/tap into the balance adapter.

Has anyone done this? Can you recommend a circuit and the brightest strobe? Light emitting angle may come into play to as I would mount it on the bottom I think

SidewaysLS4 · 07-29-2015, 11:07 AM

You could just tape one of these onto the bottom and wire to anywhere up to a 6S pack directly. I'd say fills the bill for 'brightest', lol. Many programmable patterns also.

http://shop.tristatepse.com/Axixtech...-Light-ST6.htm

Two of them on the boom of this Goblin 500...

Citizen X · 07-29-2015, 12:41 PM

Impressive but I think overkill for me. I just wanted a single flasher type bulb.

SidewaysLS4 · 10-08-2015, 03:06 PM

Decided to go even more overkill, just because. The parts, 2 Whelen Vertex in red just fell onto my lap, and I had to use them for something. Quite disorienting at night, lol.

07-25-2015, 10:39 AM	#1 (permalink)
Turtle_Flyer Registered Users Join Date: Dec 2014	Strobe I see several posts on adding a strobe to helicopters. They use a control board. I have seen several white blinking LED's online. It seems to me that with the proper resistor you could tap power off the balance plug of your battery for 4.2 to 3.8 volts. This would seem to be the simple way to add strobes. 1 LED, 1 resistor, wire and a plug/tap into the balance adapter. Has anyone done this? Can you recommend a circuit and the brightest strobe? Light emitting angle may come into play to as I would mount it on the bottom I think __________________ JR "There is an art, it says, or rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss."

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07-29-2015, 11:07 AM	#2 (permalink)
SidewaysLS4 Registered Users Join Date: Apr 2009	You could just tape one of these onto the bottom and wire to anywhere up to a 6S pack directly. I'd say fills the bill for 'brightest', lol. Many programmable patterns also. http://shop.tristatepse.com/Axixtech...-Light-ST6.htm Two of them on the boom of this Goblin 500...

07-29-2015, 12:41 PM	#3 (permalink)
Citizen X Registered Users Join Date: Jul 2015	Impressive but I think overkill for me. I just wanted a single flasher type bulb.

10-08-2015, 03:06 PM	#4 (permalink)
SidewaysLS4 Registered Users Join Date: Apr 2009	Decided to go even more overkill, just because. The parts, 2 Whelen Vertex in red just fell onto my lap, and I had to use them for something. Quite disorienting at night, lol.

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