I mentioned to Lenny Keer that I was using Night-Ops on my Dragonfly and it was a bit on the heavy side with the amp, 9v battery and 3 lights strips (standard night-ops stuff). He said that a lot of the electric guys were running the E-L amp off the battery pack. Sometimes a fresh charged 8-cell pack can swamp the amp, but that goes away when the motor is started. Sounded like a good idea. Now, I've got an amp made by Varad/RC-neon: http://www.varad.com/rcneon.html I believe I got it through Tower a while back - had to tell them that they stocked it! The light rods (2) that come with this kit are not nearly as bright as the night-ops light strips. The amp is also weaker - but weighs just a few grams if you remove it from its case. I've been saving it for a hand-launch or some such nonsense. I thought I'd try it to save some more weight. When connected to the 8-cell pack, it powers 3 of the night-ops light strips GREAT. Using the RC-neon amp and removing the 9v battery, I've saved about 2.5 oz - and now the strips and amp weight less than 1 oz altogether. Flew it tonight. Performance-wise, I can hardly tell that the lights are there, a BIG improvement. NOTE: The night-ops amp is far superior for any applications that require the 9v battery. Mark RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
