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  • #1

    night flying?

    In a bid to fend off impending WDS* (our government will soon ignor public opinion and robs us of our daylight hour) I find myself considering equipping my helis with night fly gear (already established I can fly until 9.00pm at the club field irrespective of daylight).
    Trouble is it’s a pretty lonely place at our field in the evening (most club members are retired and are only there in the day).
    I’m already there flying on my own a lot, now I’m thinking of adding cold and dark into the danger equation…
    Suppose I should at least swap mobile providers so my phone actually works!
    How crazy am I?

    *Winter Depression Syndrome
    www.heli-extreme.co.uk a good club in south Sheffield
    600n pro BeastX Align DFC head bls251, 3xbls451, align gov, 600d, 2in1
    trex500, BeastX DS510 swash, Beast X cutr and carve head DS520 HK3026-1900, Align 425D blades, 5S4200 rev'trix, K&BDD dampers, AR6200
    "450" superframeSTK, align DFC head v2tail, hk22281-8 on 3S 9650w9257gear commander 55A align 325D hitec digitals Tarot ZYX, AR6100e
    MCPX kbdd tail and blades, miniaviation bats

    Dont spend more flying models than it costs to fly for real
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  • #2
    Get yourself some of the new Align night blades for your Trex450.
    Then buy the night flying kit from www.surelight.com
    It's wicked

    Cheers,
    Rob
    Team Align, Midland Helicopters, Optifuel, Cyclone Blades, Scorpion Motors, Thunder Power, Savox Servos, JR Propo

    | 3D Championship

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    • #3
      Night flying is great fun. Not as hard as you think it willl be. It can get quite mesmerizing though and sometimes hard to find the ground.
      Cheers Matt

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      • #4
        On my first ever night flight (last week!) I felt very detatched from the heli. It was quite surreal.

        I definitely want to put night blades on my 600n with the rest of the lighting though... I think it will make a huge difference.
        It looked like a headless heli
        LOL
        Cheers,
        Rob
        Team Align, Midland Helicopters, Optifuel, Cyclone Blades, Scorpion Motors, Thunder Power, Savox Servos, JR Propo

        | 3D Championship

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        • #5
          Have a look at www.lightingforaeromodellers.co.uk.

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          • #6
            Originally posted by robgt View Post
            On my first ever night flight (last week!) I felt very detatched from the heli. It was quite surreal.

            I definitely want to put night blades on my 600n with the rest of the lighting though... I think it will make a huge difference.
            It looked like a headless heli
            LOL
            Cheers,
            Rob

            Did you fly it without night blades?
            Cheers Matt

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            • #7
              Yes - just glow ropes.
              Canopy, skids, boom and fins.
              Two glow sticks on skids for backup plan
              The lights went out on the second flight (dodgy connection on the main driver board), but the tail boom is on a second light driver, so luckily the boom stayed on, and the glow sticks marked out the skids - so I got it right way up and level, then carefully landed it
              Quite freaky for a few moments
              LOL
              Cheers,
              Rob
              Team Align, Midland Helicopters, Optifuel, Cyclone Blades, Scorpion Motors, Thunder Power, Savox Servos, JR Propo

              | 3D Championship

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              • #8
                Running the lights off the Rx pack is an extra indicator to show you if you charged the Rx pack!

                Who sells the align night blades and for how much?
                I can only find MS ones for £40...

                Does anone do a package with the strings and the blades?

                450 size and .50 size!
                www.heli-extreme.co.uk a good club in south Sheffield
                600n pro BeastX Align DFC head bls251, 3xbls451, align gov, 600d, 2in1
                trex500, BeastX DS510 swash, Beast X cutr and carve head DS520 HK3026-1900, Align 425D blades, 5S4200 rev'trix, K&BDD dampers, AR6200
                "450" superframeSTK, align DFC head v2tail, hk22281-8 on 3S 9650w9257gear commander 55A align 325D hitec digitals Tarot ZYX, AR6100e
                MCPX kbdd tail and blades, miniaviation bats

                Dont spend more flying models than it costs to fly for real

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                • #9
                  Real Raptors sell the Align night blade "kit".
                  They also sell the Align glow rope kits - but I have no experience of those kits so can't comment on them?

                  Cheers,
                  Rob
                  Team Align, Midland Helicopters, Optifuel, Cyclone Blades, Scorpion Motors, Thunder Power, Savox Servos, JR Propo

                  | 3D Championship

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                  • #10
                    Hardcore---------Nutter

                    Not sure
                    Cheers Matt

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                    • #11
                      LOL
                      Nutter
                      Cheers,
                      Rob
                      Team Align, Midland Helicopters, Optifuel, Cyclone Blades, Scorpion Motors, Thunder Power, Savox Servos, JR Propo

                      | 3D Championship

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