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10-05-2016, 12:54 PM
Zap Rowsdower
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I noticed the red light on mine and always thought it looked like it should light up.
I am strongly considering adding lights to mine. I'll post up pics and a tutorial on what I have in mind if I ever actually execute it, but I have some ready-made red/blue strobing LEDs on a circuit that flash for 15 seconds or so when activated. All I would need to do is cut the blue LED out, wire a momentary switch up to the circuit, hot-glue the LED/board into place under the light housing, and install the switch in the existing port in the side of the helicopter and it would be all set for a red flashing light from that housing.
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That would be really cool, it's a nice looking helo.
FYI, I am in the process of putting those flashing lights I discussed into the PTE "Little Bird" helicopter. There is one light up by the rotors (as with the Black Hawk) and one up in front of the cockpit. I have installed the LEDs in both housings now, but I managed to destroy my circuit board that controls the flashing of the lights on THE LAST SOLDERING PART I had to do, so...I am waiting for my frustration to subside before I complete the project.
That, and I have some momentary switches on order from Digi-Key (who are an AWESOME source for small electronics parts, by the way) and I really can't complete the project entirely until they arrive and I figure out a way to mount the switch successfully to the hull. But the point is, it's pretty straight-forward to put LEDs into the preexisting light housings on these birds. The only hard part, really, is soldering six wires in six separate points onto a circuit board literally about the size of a dime, that also houses button batteries on it which means your contact points are all clustered VERY close together. And doing that with plumbing diameter solder and a crappy soldering iron with a
badly
warn tip just leads to frustration. Lots and lots of frustration. I now have thin electronics rosin-core solder and I am shopping for new soldering iron tips so when the switches arrive I will hopefully be less agitated with the process and will have a clean, successful project to check off of my list. I'm a novice at soldering electronics as well, so this is a big bite for me to chew. If I survive the job I'll post photos and a supply list in a tutorial that should translate well enough to pretty much any toy helicopter that has spots built in for lighting.
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