I made this video to help others enjoy night flying their UMX planes. I started out with a DIY UMX Turbo Timber that I show in the video as an example on how to power led strips from a 2s lipo battery.
With the UMX Timber X I wanted to take it up a notch and make it look more like a factory built night plane, similar to the larger 1.2m version Night Timber X. Of course these can be applied to other RC planes as well, UMX, micro or larger
I hope you find this helpful, for any questions or help you may need please leave a comment and I will try to get back to you as soon as possible.
Maiden night flight video: [ Ссылка ]
If you would like to help fund future projects (already thinking of a UMX Night Radian and maybe a night EDF Jet) you can support me by donating to my PayPal account:
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At this moment I am not getting any revenue from YouTube, sponsorships or affiliate links so any help is appreciated and will be put to good use.
Materials you can use, similar to the ones I used:
12V led strips
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5V led strips
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Balance connector extension
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Wire
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5V UBEC
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Soldering iron for small jobs like this
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Other tools and supplies are pretty basic and can be found almost anywhere:
Hobby knife, scissor, soldering iron and accessories, heat shrink tube, regular clear tape.
00:00 Intro
00:20 UMX Turbo Timber presentation, how-to for 2s planes
01:42 5V vs 12V led
03:50 Opening up the UMX Timber X
07:00 led layout and sizing
08:15 preparing battery connector
11:30 setting up led position on wings
15:00 soldering wires to strips
18:00 connecting all wires together
21:00 testing
22:10 setting strips in their positions
27:15 final test
27:55 reassembly
28:28 in one piece and lit up
29:35 side by side with the 1.2m Night Timber X
29:47 night flying!
#diy #umx #lights
