Below are a few tips n tricks to know about flying at night with the Night Fire light system.

Disclaimer: Flying at night is a blast but can be challenging at first. Make sure to fly with your light kit during the day first to check balance, etc. When starting out at night it helps if the field is lit a bit. Make sure to start with an open landing area. Plan to keep the model close in, flying further away makes it easier to lose orientation of the plane if you are not familiar with night flying. You should have great control of the plane to attempt night flying. 

Night Fire User Guide - Please Read 🤓

1 - There is a front and back to the light kit As the graphic above depicts, the lights are angled aft to help illuminate the tail of the plane. Make sure to mount the lights as shown with the battery toward the tail. 

2 - Only use a 3s LiPo A 4s LiPo will immediately burn the LED's out. 2s will not light the LED at all. 

3 - Make sure there is slack in the plug wires when you plug the battery into the lights. Wire tension + vibration can cause them to unplug, not good.

4 - Install velcro on the battery itself Otherwise you might create a high velocity projectile! 😬

5 - Do not expose lights to direct sunlight for extended periods of time 🚫 ☀️
Treat your light kits just like you would your transmitter, airplane canopy, or iPhone and avoid leaving them to bask in sunlight on a table for an extended period of time. Doing so can warp the mounts and degrade the LED chip. 

6 - Do not use the new HV LiPo batteries while charged to 4.4v per cell It is fine to use these new HV batteries as long as you leave your charger set to charge to the standard 4.2v per cell. 

7 -Do not leave the lights on while on the ground for extended periods of time When you first plug in the lights with a fully charged battery the LED's will generate a bit of heat - Airflow will immediately cool the LED's to ambient temperature.  ( Think -> plug in right before takeoff. For Gas, start the engine then plug in the lights )

8 - The Night Fire XL has the most wattage and should only be on while on the ground for a minute or under while fully charged Once the initial voltage drops they will stay much cooler. 

9 - The plastic wingtip component of our kits will withstand all in flight operations, in the event of grounding the wingtip the wingtip part may fail, this saves damage to the planes wingtip itself. Replacement Night Fire wingtip components are available.

10 - Do not over-tighten the mounting bolts into the wingtips. 

11 - Have Fun & Enjoy! 👍 👍