[NSRCA-discussion] Foamy Night Flying

[Keith Hoard]

Do your "aeromusical" planes sing?

On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 4:40 PM, JEREMY CHINN <lagrue at hotmail.com> wrote:

>  Jim, I've been illuminating my foamies with 'Tiny Brite Lites'. Control
> board plugs into the rcvr and drives several bright LED lights. I have scale
> kits on my aeromusical airplanes.
>
> I've also used the 'neon' kit by Electrifly. Lightweight colored neon tubes
> connected to a similar (but larger) control board that is driven from an
> extra reciever channel. This is much heavier than the Tiny Brite Lites, but
> still manageable on a 6oz+ foamy and much more light.
>
> Both setups are less than $30 rtf.
>
> I'd like to try the Yuri method, but will have to find lights that are
> bright enough to do so....
>
>
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> From: bob.lavey at cox.net
> To: nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org
> Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:00:02 -0600
> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Foamy Night Flying
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>
> Our club has a night fly every year, and this year a couple of the
> participants used Yuri's method.  It was by far the best solution I've
> seen.  The planes were well illuminated and quite easy to see.
>
> Others used lots of glow sticks taped to various parts of the plane, but
> those became very hard to see at any distance, and they'd be much too heavy
> for electrics.
>
> Bob
>
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> nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] *On Behalf Of *Woodward, Jim (US
> SSA)
> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 13, 2009 3:35 PM
> *To:* General pattern discussion
> *Subject:* [NSRCA-discussion] Foamy Night Flying
>
>  Guys,
>
>
>
> Slightly off topic – the best weather year round is at night where I live.
> I also saw one of the latest MA where Yuri had placed LED lights on the wing
> tips, that shined back on this wings and fuselage.  The description made it
> sound like the night time visual was as if a spot-light was following the
> plane everywhere it went.
>
>
>
> What is the best solution for foamies?  I see that www.shulmanaviation.comsells mini-lights and have seen them installed a friends plane, but did not
> see it night fly.
>
>
>
> Has anyone tried the "Yuri" method where light shines back on the plane, or
> used the ones noted above where the clear, red, green lights on on the tips.
>
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> All suggestions and experiences welcome
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jim
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Keith Hoard
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