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Old 01-03-2010 | 11:19 PM
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gluemaster
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Default RE: Navigation Lights

I built my own set. The only thing I don't have are the strobes. I used some Christmas light replacement LED's from Wal-Mart for the wing tip lights and for some white light under the wing to show the fuse. I got a 10mm bright white LED and a blinking red LED from Radio Shack as well as some resistors and wired in an external switch. As far as powering them I just tapped into an extra channel on the receiver. I'm on my Mac right now and don't have any pics of it but if you go into the photo gallery under the RC Community tab at the top of the page and go to around page 4 or so there is a Hobbico Flyzone Cessna in the dark with the lights on. The plane is very visible considering there are so few lights. There is an online video on how-to build an LED driver out of an old servo. I'll do that for my Great Planes Lancair ES ep. I also hacked up a cat5 cable for the wire. It's very lightweight. I don't know if any of this helps but I wanted to give night flying a shot and now I'm hooked. I also have less than $15.00 in the setup. Also the purpose of the LED driver is so you can activate them from the transmitter. Also I used an online LED calculator. There are several and they all seem about the same. Here is the website for the LED driver: http://www.zerorc.com/how-build-servo-led-driver