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Haven't flown at Borrough Hill for years, but I seem to remember either SW or NW for the main slopes, and a steady 10-15 mph wind, enjoy...

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Hi Edward. It was quite straightforward. I used a Turnigy Receiver Controlled switch from hobbyking - -www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=56483 and some crimp fit bullet connectors. I'm not sure where you are, but I picked some up from Halfords in the UK, - www.halfords.com/motoring/garage-equipment/auto-electrical-supplies/halfords-assorted-male-female-bullet-connectors-5-15-amp-hef195 You need the smaller red ones - two male and two female. i'm sure these are much cheaper on the internet - but I was in this store anyway. And I already had a crimp tool - this type of thing - www.screwfix.com/p/forge-steel-4-way-crimper/27955 The Flybeam has two additional smaller wires that come from the main battery connector to the LED circuit. I cut the red wire, stripped it back a little and crimped a male and female bullet connector to each of the cut wires. I then crimped a male and a female bullet connector to each of the red wires coming out of the Turnigy Receiver Controller. These were then pushed into the bullet connectors on the LED circuit. I could have soldered on some connectors, but the crimps are simple, light, and plenty strong enough. Also, because there is no heat involved, I did the crimping with the wires still in the plane with no risk of melting something. However, if you have never used crimps before, then I recommend you buy a few extra and have a practice on something else first before cutting into your planes wiring! So I only made one cut to the Flybeam wiring, which can easily be returned to standard as the cut wire had the male and female connectors in-line. Then I connected the Turnigy Receiver Controller to the receiver in the flybeam (I use 6 channel Orange RX R615x with my Spektrum DX7s). The Turnigy Receiver Controller has a pre-wired plug that goes straight into a spare channel plug in a receiver. There are some toggle switches on the Turnigy Receiver Controller, that you may need to fiddle with to make sure off is off, and on is on, but the instructions that come with it are really clear. For me, the 'light switch' is on the 'Gear' channel - as the flybeam is never going to have retracts - and for me this works fine. I hope this is helpful. Let me know if you have further questions. Good luck and let me know how you get on. Regards, Bernard.

thanks! I got it working!

Brilliant! Can you post some pictures or a video? Unfortunately I crashed my flybeam the other day - straight in at full speed! The next project now is to transfer all the electronics (including LED strips) to a Bixler 2. I guess that will then be a Bixlerbeam! Happy flying Ed!