midwest_rippa
Pebble Pounder
that might be nice for working turn signals if you could make it flash
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Working on a new rear lightbar for KOH rigs or ?
- Thread starter heyok
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heyok
I wanna be Dave
I already build this part:
http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/vendors-electronics/356226-turn-signal-controller.html
heyok
I wanna be Dave
Email sent.
i picked up some of the led light tubes pulled the leds off of the one end and mounted them on a cage of one of my rig
these are nice but there not flexable they change colors to slowly and there realy thick about 5mm i think 3mm thick would be better these will last about 1 maybe 2 roleovers lol i bought some fiber optics stuff to play with im thinking 4 pieces cut to different sizes powered by 4 diferent leds that each change color at differnt times
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imagine how cool it would be if these were programable make the whip turn red for breaking and or one side turn red for signals
these are nice but there not flexable they change colors to slowly and there realy thick about 5mm i think 3mm thick would be better these will last about 1 maybe 2 roleovers lol i bought some fiber optics stuff to play with im thinking 4 pieces cut to different sizes powered by 4 diferent leds that each change color at differnt times
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imagine how cool it would be if these were programable make the whip turn red for breaking and or one side turn red for signals
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heyok
I wanna be Dave
Nice find!
I was able to find some 5mm flexible fibre that is supposed to be "side glow" or something like that. They do seem to show some visible color from the sides.
So far I have 3D printed a mount that holds it to something using two 3mm screw holes and I have also made a few different controllers for an RGB LED that fits inside that mount so that it shines up the rod.
One controller can watch a servo signal (it plugs between the receiver and either the steering servo or the ESC) and will just change color depending on the servo signal it receives, another is intended to watch the throttle signal and shows red when stopped, white for forward and blue for reverse. The final one just takes six volts (probably from a spare socket on a receiver) and shows a color depending on where you turn a pot that is mounted on that controller.
I'll see if I can post some pictures of these soon.
I was able to find some 5mm flexible fibre that is supposed to be "side glow" or something like that. They do seem to show some visible color from the sides.
So far I have 3D printed a mount that holds it to something using two 3mm screw holes and I have also made a few different controllers for an RGB LED that fits inside that mount so that it shines up the rod.
One controller can watch a servo signal (it plugs between the receiver and either the steering servo or the ESC) and will just change color depending on the servo signal it receives, another is intended to watch the throttle signal and shows red when stopped, white for forward and blue for reverse. The final one just takes six volts (probably from a spare socket on a receiver) and shows a color depending on where you turn a pot that is mounted on that controller.
I'll see if I can post some pictures of these soon.
i hope i gave you some ideas ill keep playing with it but i can only do so much and could never make the whip i realy want so hoping maybe you can
i live in a vary large off hyway vehicle park so i see this stuff every night of the week the whips look realy cool running around the lake bed and on the trails
the reds and blues duck
theres nothing worse than flashing red and blue lights lighting up your house at 3am it dosent mater were you live it just ducks
heyok
I wanna be Dave
Yes, you gave me some ideas. Thank you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuoX8HqLl0I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GB1ySmN6SY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuoX8HqLl0I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GB1ySmN6SY
i wasent able to get the videos to play but the thumbnail looks niceYes, you gave me some ideas. Thank you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuoX8HqLl0I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GB1ySmN6SY
got the vids.to work
in my opinion you should include a flag sticker with the hayok logo on it
leave the fiber optic piece alittle long so the customer can customize it to there rig then put the sticker on maybe include a few differant designs
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So cool! Where can I find those?
I'm looking at electroluminescent or EL wire.
Requires an inverter but they are small enough to tuck in your fuel cell or rx box.
You can get EL wire in 3mm thick so that's good. Thing is its a bit noodley... Needs some sort of clear sleeve to hold it vertical but still have some give incase of rollovers.
I'm gonna edjumacate myself on EL for a few days and report back.
Oh and some sweet chase lights would be rad for the same project!
Requires an inverter but they are small enough to tuck in your fuel cell or rx box.
You can get EL wire in 3mm thick so that's good. Thing is its a bit noodley... Needs some sort of clear sleeve to hold it vertical but still have some give incase of rollovers.
I'm gonna edjumacate myself on EL for a few days and report back.
Oh and some sweet chase lights would be rad for the same project!
