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ADD LIGHTS TO YOUR MODEL

Night flying is fun, different, and pretty cool. I’m lucky to belong to a club, the Ravenna Thunderbirds, Jetway Airport, Ravenna, Ohio. We can fly until 11:00 pm at our field and we have multiple club organized night-flys during the year.

To fly at night, you’ll need an illuminated plane. There are a few ways to do this:

• Light up the inside of the plane.• Shine an LED on the plane, e.g. from the stabilizer tip to• Put LED strips on the outside of the plane. You just see the shape of the strips in the dark.• Combinations of the above.

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