Here is the video,took the risk of flying over a flooded paddy field,forced to make a nose down landing from abt 1 m height
,nothin happnd tnx elapor.getting orientation with this setup is very difficult ,i think we have to put some lights on the upper side of the wing also, any ideas guys
santhosh
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-S1GQGhxftU
If you are doing night flying for the first few times or if you have a brand new night flying setup, it helps to start flying with the lights on around dusk when there is a little bit of natural light still left. It should give you a good idea about the visibility of the plane in various orientations, and allows you to bail out earlier if you see something that is undesired.
The video below illustrates this, but he has way too many lights on his plane.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mw6ofGPwlbI
It makes sense to put lights at the top and bottom, but with different colors to help identify whether you are flying upright or inverted. Something like these ones.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KFjqvRzUFw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RFs66aWMs8
If you fly close enough, you do not need many lights, just a few single ones around the strategic points.
PS: The real treat in night flying are helis with lights on their main blades, it is really fun to see the "disc" made by the rotating lights :P
Good show. thenginte mele.... :giggle:
Yep ;D Some of the comments are hilarious !
The bunch of friends Santhosh has (and from what I saw, they are not into RC except as spectators), are a great group of people. The always seem to come to flying sessions, and are a great encouragement {:)}
fantastic effort Santosh {:)} {:)} {:)}
Anwar What set up would recommend for a reasonable lit up plane for night flying. Can anyone suggest a link of Hobbyking for buying the same?
It is for a basic foamie Mini V images are on a new thread
http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=8940
http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=8941
There are 5 colors or so, just search for "LED strip".
goood
Here is a 2 year old (NOV 2010 )video of my Flying Wing "RAVEN" with "HOT GLUE HINGES" and 3 col Led's... RED and GREEN at top and yellow at bottom..
Filmed with a BLACKBERRY PHONE....
A very stable flyer...perfect for night flying..you may even catch it instead of landing...
http://youtu.be/12X5DsZKYa0