By that, I mean the leds on the Spektrum receivers. I don’t know about anyone else, but I can’t possibly mount my main and satellite receivers in such a way as to be able to be seen from the outside of the aircraft. Especially, on an aircraft without a clear canopy, like my recently resurrected NexSTAR which I have renamed WaveSTAR. But, that’s another story.

Anyway, I was trying to come up with a way to see the leds, when I powered on the plane, and also when I retrieve it, to verify there were no “brown-outs”. Since the insides are completely not visible when flight ready, I thought of the idea some guys are using for flying lights, Fiber Optic Cable. After all the positive response I received after I showed off my idea at a club meeting, I decided to share it with everyone. So here goes…

For my example I’m using a Spektrum AR7000, which by no means is the only possible setup this might work with.