night flying

  1. CustomRCMods

    $5 Mod to add LEDs to any RC Plane!

    Hey Guys! Wanted to share this mod I have been using to add LEDs to my FT planes in a cost-effective manner. Check it out and let me know what you think! Links to the LEDs Used...
  2. bpw823

    August 21st Total Eclipse Flying

    As many already know, the central US is going to experience a total solar eclipse on Monday, August 21st. It usually becomes very dark and eerie and possibly dark enough for LEDs to be visible. I figured it'd be a neat and unique opportunity for a FT episode shot of flying during the event, and...
  3. hbb3367

    Tired of NOT being able to fly when I want

    Hey everyone...if you are anything like me, you hate when you want to fly but cannot. Sorry to all you folks north of the Mason-Dixon, you must have that problem alot in the winter months due to mother nature. I am in Texas, and my only enemy weather-wise in the winter is a little more rain...
  4. F

    Blade 350 QX With 10,000 lumen light | Night Flying

    This video is the blade 350 QX with a 10,000 lumen light on it. The light was ran off a 1300 Mah 3s battery. The 350 QX was ran off a 2200 Mah 3s. If you want to see how we built this check out our article (coming soon).
  5. C

    FPV Night Vision Camera?

    I'm looking to buy a light weight but high quality night vision camera to fly with an FPV setup on a tricopter as a gift. I've been googling and going through the forums but I think I'm just confusing myself. Any suggestions would be very very appreciated. Thanks!
  6. M

    Easy-to-program LED Pixel Strip

    If you'll allow me to show off a bit, I've put together a project that I think might be of interest to the community. What I've made is a fully-programmable LED light strip. A video is the best explanation, so here we go: Edit: replaced old horrible video with new awesome video. It's like...
  7. J

    Switching Plane LEDs on and off?? Possible?

    Hello all! I recently got into the RC hobby and love it. I have a SuperCub S. I bought an 8 LED Nav light setup which has been installed and plugged into the Cub's stock rudder port (the rudder controls are actually plugged into the aileron port on the receiver). I have a Spektrum DX6i...
  8. A

    FPv Night flying gone wrong...Reaper by the Reaper

    Here is a video I wanted to share. I was night flying with a friend of mine. I was flying an eflite apprentice and he was flying a crash test hobby deep reaper. Both rigged for FPV. Somehow after chasing him around a bit we managed to meet head on, needless to say I got reaped by the...