Into the blue on a rotor & a prayer!

[Flight Monkey]

Hello everyone, just graduated from the realms of static superdetailing to the intense world off the ground!

bought myself a twister hawk and I am absolutely lovin` it, just need to breathe a little more when I`m mixing the sticks, I have managed to master the hover and am learning to be a little more daring during the out&back manouvres, if anyone has any advice on how to fit the lights to the reciever I`d be very grateful, a bit nervous of taking the beasty to pieces

Don

[David Ashby - Moderator]

You can add lights pretty easily Don. I added Nav lights to my Twister Medivac recently and used heatshrink to 'tape' them to the frame. They just plugged into a spare receiver channel. Brentford RC sell 'em.

[Flight Monkey]

Many thanks for your reply david, the heatshrink method is a great idea, I purchased a set of lights from my local model shop yesterday afternoon ( Elite models) I`ll give it a go at the weekend, again many thanks for your help.

[Phil Winks]

Be very care full with the heat gun on the heli airframe don it can distort at not much above heatshrink temps I used tiny tiewraps on my bell47 whish is basically an earlier version of your hawk check the photos in my " bell 47(twister)" album.

[Flight Monkey]

Thanks for the advice Phil, I tried the heat gun / shrink wrap on a piece of the same material that I have left from a previous `superdetailing` project, I take your point about the warping, it doesn`t take a lot eh?

 I want the lights to look as integral as possible, another throwback to my perfectionist detailing obsession,  so I think I`ll use the shrink wrap for the lights, i have air brushed the skids already, once they are attached, I`ll touch up the skids and hopefully they will look as though they have been there all the time, I`ll post a photo of it when I`ve finished

thanks again for the advice