We offer DIY LED kits that you can install onto any aircraft. Simply order the LED strips in the length that you need for your airframe, add any extensions or Y connectors needed, add the LED controller, and you’re all set. Once you receive everything, you can cut the LED strips to the correct length and install them using the adhesive backing, or use hot glue or other adhesives in harder areas. They can be installed on the surface of the airframe, or they can be installed inside the airframe, as long as your airframe allows the light to show through. Use our firmware configuration tool to program the controller with the correct numbers of LEDs in each strip, and you’re all set for some fun night flying!
Keep in mind that adding Y connectors will double the current draw for that leg of the LED controller. Y connectors should only be used on short sections of LEDs, NOT for long wing strips. Our firmware configuration tool calculates maximum current draw based on the number of LEDs that you program into each leg, and adjusts the maximum brightness accordingly. But when adding strips through Y connectors, the additional LEDs are not taken into consideration. When laying out your design, please connect everything on your workbench first and power it up using a watt meter to check your current draw. Make sure you are under the limits of your BEC. If necessary, use a secondary BEC to power the LED controller.
Installing and removing the wings on a Night Radian becomes so much easier when you add these short extensions to the LED connectors inside the plane. No more trying to fish the LED wires through the small hole into the body of the plane to connect them. Now you can make the connections out in the open as you install the wing. This kit contains two extensions, one for each wing.
