Fred Flintstone
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I love the little Blade Nano QX, but it doesn't have lights and my eyes have trouble seeing the colored props. I also like flying outside at night. I've seen a few mods where guys put led's under the prop, but I wanted something different. I wanted headlights to be able to tell if its coming at me or which direction its facing. I still need to figure out how I'm going to put tail lights on, but thats coming. Right now I have power soldered directly to the board where the battery connects. I want to get a battery T adapter so I can choose when the lights are on.
I used:
2 - 5mm Bright white LEDs
2 nylon cable ties with a screw hole.
22 ohm resistor. I played around with resistors until I got a good combo of battery life vs brightness. To low of a resistor and the LVS kicked in at 3.85v.
I'm using 150 25c and 160 25c-40c batteries and get between 5-7 min of flight time indoors. I also have upgraded motors, but its not the super motors.
To mount the lights, I cut the tail off the nylon tie so the only thing left was the screw hole and square block. I bent it 90deg and crimped it with pliers so it holds the angle. The ties that I have fit perfectly into the bottom square hole in the frame. A good enough fit that I didn't originally glue in. Now I put a dab of hot glue from the top just to keep it snug. Rather than use wire, I cut legs off some capacitors and used the solid wire to add rigidity to the connections. Used heat shrink where possible. Other spots just covered with a bit of hot glue.
I didn't weigh it before, but right now with a 150 battery it weighs 20g. Box says 18g.
I used:
2 - 5mm Bright white LEDs
2 nylon cable ties with a screw hole.
22 ohm resistor. I played around with resistors until I got a good combo of battery life vs brightness. To low of a resistor and the LVS kicked in at 3.85v.
I'm using 150 25c and 160 25c-40c batteries and get between 5-7 min of flight time indoors. I also have upgraded motors, but its not the super motors.
To mount the lights, I cut the tail off the nylon tie so the only thing left was the screw hole and square block. I bent it 90deg and crimped it with pliers so it holds the angle. The ties that I have fit perfectly into the bottom square hole in the frame. A good enough fit that I didn't originally glue in. Now I put a dab of hot glue from the top just to keep it snug. Rather than use wire, I cut legs off some capacitors and used the solid wire to add rigidity to the connections. Used heat shrink where possible. Other spots just covered with a bit of hot glue.
I didn't weigh it before, but right now with a 150 battery it weighs 20g. Box says 18g.
