My headlights/turn signals are hella clean!

[Hehenderson410]

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[Louis08]

Parts list please.
And how did you solve the power supply (looks very neat with the cables inside)?
How much weight did you add with this mod?

 

[Hehenderson410]

Um....just the leds of an old junked bugs 3, some solder, superglue, an exacto knife, and a real steady hand. This isn’t for the faint of heart.

Wanna know what I did? I soldered the leds right on top of the motor connections, so every time a motor draws current , it’s corresponding light gets brighter. Duh! Tucked the wires away, cut away the corners of the shell to route ‘em out, glued them to the arms and viola!(that’s pronounced “wall-ah” for those whose English ain’t so good).
Still holds position fine, flips in every direction, everything works fine. I’m sure I lost a little bit of flight time, but it’s negligable...and I’ve got 4 batteries so who cares?

Now my question is this....I’m no electrical engineer by any stretch of the imagination.....how is it NOBODY else seems to have tried this before me? Seemed like a pretty common since solution to me....the only reason I’ve waited as long as I have was because I wanted to get a new soldering iron before going in, cuz it’s CRAZY tight in there.

 

[umanbean]

Seemed like a pretty common since solution to me....

Please excuse my ignorance, but... Solution to what?

eta: Sorry, didn't see the pictures at first... neat job! Looks good.

 

[Hehenderson410]

The ugly external lipo problem that existed in my mind.

 

[Hehenderson410]

You’re excused

 

[Customerx]

Love this ???

 

[Louis08]

the leds of an old junked bugs 3

Fortunately these are apparently already designed to work on Tello voltage so you don't need any additional resistors and stuff

 

[ph2t]

I hope you iron your shirts before going to work.

Great mod mate.

cheers,
ph2t.

 

[Hehenderson410]

I know, I know....I should’ve closed the closet...I was just waiting on that comment

 

[Th3DroneroGT]

a question you put resistance to the lights or just soldered nothing else?

 

[DinoBaldi]

Great !
....So you can have regular night-fly lights: red in front left, green in front right and white in the back !

 

[Hehenderson410]

a question you put resistance to the lights or just soldered nothing else?

No resistance. Just soldered them straight on

 

[Hehenderson410]

Great !
....So you can have regular night-fly lights: red in front left, green in front right and white in the back !

Well red in the back, blue in the front, but yeah!

 

[Hehenderson410]

Just a quick update. Had to move the front lights towards the middle cuz the prop guards wouldn’t quite snap on (a must have when tormenting my dogs in the house).

Got my little xiaomi WiFi thingamabob (works great, btw) and went on my first “long range” night flight.

Everything worked great and I made it back in one piece.

 

[bkooharian]

Anyone find a part number or name that will work for the lights? I’d hate to buy the bugs 3 just to cut it open...

 

[Louis08]

The ugly external lipo problem that existed in my mind.

You don't need an external LiPo, you can suck power directly from Tello's USB port (albeit this implies using some kind of slim USB connector which might still look ugly)....
Just make sure your LEDs are ready to handle 5V, add appropriate resistors if necessary (LED calculator for single LEDs)

 

[umanbean]

Here is the smallest OTG adapter I've ever seen, plug it into Tello and power ON, and there's 5v across pens 1 and 4.

CHENYANG Ultra Mini DM Micro USB 5pin OTG Adapter Connector for Cell Phone Tablet & USB Cable & Flash Disk - 5pcs https://www.amazon.com/dp/B015GZOHKW/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_hN.DCbDPE5G8X

And here are some neat little 5v LEDs if anyone is interested.

10pcs USB LED Portable Night Light Bright Mini Keychain Camping Car Lamp Module 845832027777 | eBay

 

[Hehenderson410]

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