KBF wrote: Thu Sep 29, 2022 10:25 am
Awsome! Those arduino have alot of potential in so many applications. But what about landing, nav lights and strobe?
Yes, I plan to add all the lights. The wing tip formation lights will be the most difficult. Still dont know how to do them...
Garion77 wrote: Thu Sep 29, 2022 10:37 am
well that's an interesting project ! Adding some level of difficulties on it !
ForeverPlasticKits wrote: Thu Sep 29, 2022 10:42 am
I hope that will work well because it's a huge change and a challenge.
Difficult and challenging - with a lot of modification to the structure of the kit.
Here is the result of lots of head scratching while working out how to illuminate the formation (slime) lights.
This attempt below was about the third attempt, but still a fail because the optic cables left small dots of light.
Below was the final result of getting the light even across the strip.
The fuselage plastic at the light area was scraped thin to let the light shine brighter. It will still have either a decal or a coat of paint to make the light green. I hope it doesnt block out too much light, as it's pretty dim. However Im happy with the overall evenness of the lights. The aluminium foil tape was used to mask out the area of the formation light and stop any light leakage. I think these lights are for formation flying at nighttime, so they are pretty dim anyway.
The optic fiber cable is routed to shine into both ends of the tube. Major plastic removal was needed in the front section to curve the cable tightly around and to point into the clear sprue 'lamp'
The white styrene framework was needed to hold the optic cable straight, as it was rolled up and held the curvature like a spring. It had to be held down with a solid frame to keep the light shining into the clear tube properly.
This is the styrene framework to hold the cable in place.
Just to the right of that is the rectangle slit framed by the foil where the light shines through, creating the formation light on the outside of the plane
Without the clear 'tube' (a piece of clear sprue roughened with a file)
At the far right of the photo you can see the optic cable bending back around to come into the right side of the tube lamp
With the sprue tube added
The sprue lamp is covered with a curved bit of foil, using half a tube that held knife blades, to reflect more light back through the rectangle
A tad brighter on the right, but I'm calling it done. It was very challanging. One more to go on the opposite side, and two more at the rear of the plane, and one in each wingtip which will be a major headache... but I hope it will be worth it. Im even thinking of adding speakers and the sound of a jet blasting low overhead...
Slime light decals
Wing tip lights - how, how am I going to do these...
Its getting cramped in there
the size of the electric cables is very impressive! I hope that will work well because it's a huge change and a challenge. 
would have loved that.
and how it all comes together 
