tamiya electronics
12-15-2009 | 04:14 PM
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tamiya electronics
I have a tank tube that is too small to use the tamiya flash unit. I was wondering if i can tap into the firing IR Led wires and also drive a flash led for the gun tube? Any thoughts?
12-15-2009 | 05:24 PM
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You mean use a regular LED for the a "flash" inside a little gun tube? I have no idea if that will work. But I think the flash effect you'll end up getting will be minimal compared to the big, bright camera flash of the stock tamiya cannon unit.
12-15-2009 | 06:13 PM
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Ken,
With regard to the Tamiya flash unit, you may be able to use it, It all depends on what doesn't fit, the wire or the bulb. If its the bulb, you'll have to use an LED or small light bulb. I'd suggest using flashlight bulb, such as a mini mag light, and LED, or a 3mm grain of wheat 8v light bulb. You might need to use a resistor to drop the voltage for the LED and mag light bulb. It won't be much of a flash though, as the IR LED has a cycle time of about 1 second (the IR light shows up on any digital camera's viewfinder).
If it is the flash unit wires, just strip the black outer insulation off. It would be like the older style flash units (they didn't have any outer black jacket, just the three individually insulated wires). This would give a much smaller diameter wire that would be alot easier to stuff.
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With regard to the Tamiya flash unit, you may be able to use it, It all depends on what doesn't fit, the wire or the bulb. If its the bulb, you'll have to use an LED or small light bulb. I'd suggest using flashlight bulb, such as a mini mag light, and LED, or a 3mm grain of wheat 8v light bulb. You might need to use a resistor to drop the voltage for the LED and mag light bulb. It won't be much of a flash though, as the IR LED has a cycle time of about 1 second (the IR light shows up on any digital camera's viewfinder).
If it is the flash unit wires, just strip the black outer insulation off. It would be like the older style flash units (they didn't have any outer black jacket, just the three individually insulated wires). This would give a much smaller diameter wire that would be alot easier to stuff.
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12-15-2009 | 06:37 PM
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Ken,
With regard to the Tamiya flash unit, you may be able to use it, It all depends on what doesn't fit, the wire or the bulb. If its the bulb, you'll have to use an LED or small light bulb. I'd suggest using flashlight bulb, such as a mini mag light, and LED, or a 3mm grain of wheat 8v light bulb. You might need to use a resistor to drop the voltage for the LED and mag light bulb. It won't be much of a flash though, as the IR LED has a cycle time of about 1 second (the IR light shows up on any digital camera's viewfinder).
If it is the flash unit wires, just strip the black outer insulation off. It would be like the older style flash units (they didn't have any outer black jacket, just the three individually insulated wires). This would give a much smaller diameter wire that would be alot easier to stuff.
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Ken,
With regard to the Tamiya flash unit, you may be able to use it, It all depends on what doesn't fit, the wire or the bulb. If its the bulb, you'll have to use an LED or small light bulb. I'd suggest using flashlight bulb, such as a mini mag light, and LED, or a 3mm grain of wheat 8v light bulb. You might need to use a resistor to drop the voltage for the LED and mag light bulb. It won't be much of a flash though, as the IR LED has a cycle time of about 1 second (the IR light shows up on any digital camera's viewfinder).
If it is the flash unit wires, just strip the black outer insulation off. It would be like the older style flash units (they didn't have any outer black jacket, just the three individually insulated wires). This would give a much smaller diameter wire that would be alot easier to stuff.
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12-15-2009 | 09:02 PM
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I figured I was too basic for you. What you putting it in?
I figured I was too basic for you. What you putting it in?
