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LiGlow LED Strobe Lights & Alarm.

LiPo Alarm & Strobes Kit Introduced on RCgroups.

 
We RC hobbyist who use LIPO batteries usually see the need of a lipo alarm
 
  • It prevents over discharge the precious lipo
  • It helps us to know if we are abusing the lipo battery
  • It also tells us when to land to prevent ESC cut off when flying
  • Can help you to compare battery performance with some other packs you already know

I have different "LiGlow Kits" kit just for that purpose.

 
Features:
  • Ease of installation
  • No need for you to fuss with calculating LED resistor values. It's already done for you in the standard kits.
  • Light weight (1.1 grams to 7 grams)
  • V2.5 with beeper weights 9.9 grams with 93db LOUD beeper
  • Visual and audible alarms are easy to notice if installed properly
  • Alarm voltage is tested before shipped
One question I keep being asked is: "how much flight time would I loose having the light kit installed?". I have to assure you that these lights are LED's lights. There is no other lights that use less power than these. They don't wear out. Their power consumption is very little compared to the power drawn by your heli / plane. Last time I calculated with a Trex and a 2100mah battery pack, a V2 with landing light ON the entire flying time (assumed 10 minutes), would take about 6 seconds out of your flying time. So, you can be happy with the lights and not worried about its power consumption. :)
1. V1: usually used for basic strobe lighting and lipo alarm. This option has 4 strobes and 2 nav lights. This option is good for scale lights, for small plane/helicopter that flies in door or not at noon time outdoor. It costs $28 plus shipping for partially built kits, or $33 plus shipping for a complete built one. V1
V1 fully built
partially built V1
V1 partially built V1
2. V2: offers features like strobes and lipo alarm, and a landing light option. It can be also used with many leds or high power leds to make complex lighting system. This option has 3 strobe outputs, 1 10mm high power landing light (which will also strobe if you want to), and 2 nav lights. The strobe and landing light output can be wired to many leds. This option is good for scale lights for lipo alarm. This can be used with high power LED or many lED so its alarm is visible during mid day. It costs $37 for partially built kit or $47 for a complete built one. V2 & landing light
Fully built V2 light kit
V2 partially built
Partially built V2
3. V2.5: only a LOUD beeper and 2 basic strobes. This option is for people who wants to fly in the middle of the day when the lights are hard to see and don't want lots of wires. This one costs $35. V2.5 - LOUD lipo alarm with beeper
V2.5 lipoalarm + beeper
V2.5 - lipo alarm with small beeper
V2.5 lipoalarm + small beeper
4. V2.5L (V2.5 plus landing light): a LOUD beeper, 1 high power landing light, and 1 basic strobe. This option is for people who wants to fly in the middle of the day when the lights are hard to see and don't want lots of wires. This one costs $41. V2.5 & landing light
Fully built V2.5 LiGlowBeep & landing light
5. V2 plus beeper. It has 2 nav lights, 1 10mm high power landing light, 2 strobes, and one loud beeper. This option costs $51 plus shipping for the complete built. The strobe and landing light output of this one can also be wired to many leds if you want to do so.    
6. V1T: a tiny V1 that weights around 1.1g completely built. It has a single strobe on board. This strobe is also functioning like a lipo alarm. The pattern of the strobe is 3 short flashes following by about a second off, then 3 short flashes again.
Another option of choice is available: the LED stays off all the time and only flashes quickly when the alarm is going off.
Please do specify the color of your choice when you order. Available color: red/green/white/blue. Green is probably most visible color.
The cost for this option is $21 plus shipping.
Tiny V1
Tiny V1
7. V2BP: V2 plus beeper - plug version. For someone who prefer quick connect of lights and easy to add more lights.
It costs $52 plus shipping in kit form. The kit will come with a complete built board (shown in picture,) with 5 mated plugs, 5 LEDs with resistors presoldered (1 of the LED is a high power one,) a large 93db beeper, heat shrinks, and wires. This kit is shipped like this (battery and coin are not included:)). This kit is designed for large plane or large helicopter since the plugs make the foot print much larger compared to the V2 kit
V2BP
V2BP
V2BP
8. Barebone V2: Can be programmed with either V2 or V2BP firmware. Add your own LEDs and resistors. each pair of pins are .1" spacing. Can be used with a servo connector for plug. Cost: $28 with no lipo alarm (use receiver voltage), or $30 with lipo alarm (use battery voltage - up to 20v) - picture shown with 4 kits V2_barebone
V2 barebone
9. V5 - name not yet finalized: Can be programmed with either V2 style program which has 10 strobes and a landing light or with a police light set up (2 head light, 2 tail light, and 7 strobes). Add your own LEDs and resistors. Pins are .1" spacing. Can be used with many standard connectors. Cost: $40 if use with receiver voltage, or $42 with if use battery voltage (up to 20v) V5_barebone
V5 bare bonee
10. V1-1S: A LiGlow (strobe + lipo alarm) kit for helicopter or plane which uses 1 LIPO cell (Walkera 4#3 or 5#6 helis for instant.) It comes with 2 navigation lights and 3 strobes (using SMD LEDs.) Weight around 1.8g. Average current draw: 25mA at 4.2v; 18mA at 3.6v (with 2 nav lights and running strobes - only one out of 3 strobe is lit at a time); 26mA at alarm (3.21v - all leds are lit at the same time). Price: US$36 completed. V1_1S
V1-1S
V1_1S weight
V1-1S weight
Partially built kit has all the circuitry & wires soldered. You only need to solder the supplied LED's with the wires coming out from the circuitry. If you don't order an optional battery adapter (cost extra), you will also need to parallelly connect the two power wires of the light kits with your battery connector wires.
Click here for Manual V2 wiring instruction
V2 wiring instruction
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HELI VIDEOS
V1 LightGlow Video in a Shogun V1 LightGlow in Lama 2 / Blade CX (thanks Joe - fh64_lucky) video of V2 kit operation
Video of V2 kit inflight with NightBlade Video of light on an X400 heli - Thanks Blaze_Au :) Video of V2.5 (LiGlow with beeper)
V2 in a scaled 500E of a Trex600 V1-1S kit in a Walkera #5-6 by Azimov V1-1S kit in a CHP chopper - By Robert Day
Awesome set up by Mike Fesko (V2 + Mike's creative works) Great scale heli from Sebastian (Netherlands) V1-1S in Walkera 5#10 - By Ed Chap (Holland)
V1 on Multiplex Funcopter by Peter Salkey V1 with scale timing on "Big Esky Lama in Essex Police Livery" by Robin Harrison V2 on Augusta A109 Trex450 by Roberto Orsello
PLANE VIDEOS
777 video from Jet Star V2 in a HZ Super Cub Beautiful Citadel C500 with V2 & glowing beacon by Daniel Ohayon - France
Citadel Touch & go by Daniel Ohayon F16 with LiGlow V2 by SkyHobbies.com.sg Nexstar with real timing by Michael Vivona
E Flite RC Bonanza from Jetjky1 BeechCraft Bonanza from famous Rock Star TED POLEY.
CAR & TRUCK VIDEOS
An excellent scaled-police-car Video
from Steve Meyers using V5 controller.
Thanks very much Steve!
CUSTOMERS LIGLOW PICTURES
 
 
 
 
 
Pricing
each extra 10mm wide angle LED with wires & resistor is $5
each extra 5mm LED with wires & resistor is $3
If you need more than two strobes that have long wires than 30" (big plane or heli), please add $2 for partially built kit or $4 for fully built kit.
battery adapter for CX2 heli is $5. This adapter makes the install of the light kit easy. Just plug and play!
 
Shipping cost
US shipping is $5.20 for USPS priority mail. First class shipping in the US is $2.60.

International priority mail (international) is $13.00
Canada priority mail: $11
USPS international express mail: $31
International first class mail: $4.
NO tracking is provided for international or Canada mail! If tracking is required, please use express shipping option.
 
If you are interested, you can send me fund via PAYPAL with a detail instruction on what you need, what battery, heli, etc. to t t r a n AT h n b u i DOT com. Please don't put note like "as disccused..." in the paypal instruction since I tend to have a few orders of people with similar names or similar needs. You can also send me a private message on rcgroups. user id: thanhTran.

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