discussion Help Neep; Robby the robot ;LED,s

[monica]

Ok,I,m after some help with LED,s and Fiber optic,s for my 1/12 Robby,


1st of all someone hear did give a link to a chap who is very helpful,but I lost it,


at the very top there is a yellow flashing one,can be from 3mm to 5mm,


2x what im calling his ears,are blue,one,


which will need to be ran in fibre optic,as there a sharp bend,2mm or 3mm


bottom of his heahd is a bank of 4 red flashing ones that also need to be ran off F/O,


In 2mm or 3mm,


for his chest,will need 2 or 3 ,5mm or 3mm one,s


2x white just below the blue in his chest for the controls,


so if anyone is able to help me a little with the DIY,, I have in mind would be greatly appreciated


I did see this kit,


http://www.starling-tech.com/index1.php?id=robby


but I don't have US $113,oo which is AUD $ 154,oo


would be cool as he dose talk as well,but to put in a $22.oo kit ,Im not that mad lol


or yet,

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[takeslousyphotos]

Monica,


Try these people ........... http://au.rs-online.com/web/c/displays-optoelectronics/leds-led-accessories/visible-leds/?sra=p&r=t


I buy loads of stuff from them here in UK for our workshops.

 

[eddiesolo]

Fibre optics are not the best for bending, trust me I busted loads doing the lighting for that 1/24 Huey. Heating gently can work...but, too much it shrivels, too little it can kink and you get no light from the end.


Best thing to do is get either a wiring loom made up that incorporates all you need with plenty of wiring, you could always snip down and connect all to connector block inside the body.


Si

 

[monica]

ta Peter,Si,for helping,


will have a look at that and see if i can make some sense of it all,


can you heat the F/O in hot or worm water to be able to bent it ?


can the F/O be cut to what length that you need ?


or how close dose the resister need to be to the LED ?


that's what i was thinking of doing with the loom,then just the 2 wires out to switch and power,


its only the ears that are the hard part because they have 90/o bends in them,


the rest is all straight runs,

 

[eddiesolo]

The resistor can be anywhere on the wire IIRC.


Not tried hot water to bend, defo worth a try Moni.


And yes, you can cut F/O down to any length.


I wired all up to a common connector, this was then wired to a simple on/off switch that incorporated the batteries-made life a lot easier.

 

[Adrian "Marvel" Reynolds]

Monica try


WWW.captainjacksmodels.co.uk


I use him for all my optics now he's a great guy and will build any combination you want


Adrian

 

[monica]

ta Si,


will start to get things,


need wire as well,so some think like a 20g or 22g should be fine ii think,


and holders for the LED,and F/O,

 

[monica]

Monica try
WWW.captainjacksmodels.co.uk


I use him for all my optics now he's a great guy and will build any combination you want


Adrian

ta Adrian,I think it was you who said that before to me and I,lost the link,


will give him a try as well as the one Peter said,

 

[eddiesolo]

Monica try
WWW.captainjacksmodels.co.uk


I use him for all my optics now he's a great guy and will build any combination you want


Adrian

Snap, I use the same guy Ade...top service, will make you anything up to any size.

 

[monica]

cool well shell send him an email,stating what I,m after and see how much,