Yeti Rear Lights

[Sh0rtBus]

I'm about to pull the trigger on the Gear Head Six Shooter light bar for the front and wanted to see what you guys are doing in the rear. I know I want to go wit a KOH-style set-up, but don't know if I want to just go with the Gearhead KOH bar or a regular 4-light set-up like it comes stock.

So post up your rear lighting solutions!

 

[gbean]

HeyOk KOH light controller ftw.

 

[SteveC6R]

I used an Axial simple light controller with a double red led and double white led and yellow lenses in the center.

 

[DickyT]

Gearhead KOH bar enclosed in the stock 4 bucket light hood. I used a new #11 blade and carefully cut the stock buckets out of the hood, followed up with a dremel sanding drum for cleanup. Then removed the side mounts from the gearhead bar, shoegoo'ed the sides to seal them back up. Then sanded the top and bottom of the bar flat and epoxied it in to the yeti hood.





It was some work, but I am very pleased with the results, and it gives me something that at least for now is unique!

 

[Sh0rtBus]

HeyOk KOH light controller ftw.

I will eventually go that route....once I get a 3-ch. radio.

I used an Axial simple light controller with a double red led and double white led and yellow lenses in the center.

I've strongly considered this route, too, but with two red, one yellow, and one blue lens. Would for sure be the least expensive way to go.

Gearhead KOH bar enclosed in the stock 4 bucket light hood. I used a new #11 blade and carefully cut the stock buckets out of the hood, followed up with a dremel sanding drum for cleanup. Then removed the side mounts from the gearhead bar, shoegoo'ed the sides to seal them back up. Then sanded the top and bottom of the bar flat and epoxied it in to the yeti hood.





It was some work, but I am very pleased with the results, and it gives me something that at least for now is unique!

Yours is the one that has me considering that rear light bar. Although, I'm considering running it w/o the OEM hood and just direct mounting it to the cage, as shown in their pics on RPP.

Would I just use a "Y" adapter to run both the front bar and rear bar/controller from the BATT port on the RX?

 

[DickyT]

Would I just use a "Y" adapter to run both the front bar and rear bar/controller from the BATT port on the RX?

Do you run a BEC? if so that need to go into the BATT port. If not then yes, until you have a 3ch RX, then plug the Y into the 3rd channel "thumbsup"

 

[Sh0rtBus]

Do you run a BEC? if so that need to go into the BATT port. If not then yes, until you have a 3ch RX, then plug the Y into the 3rd channel "thumbsup"

I do, but it's direct to my servo. The ESCs BEC should be able to regulate for the lights, shouldn't it?

 

[DickyT]

I do, but it's direct to my servo. The ESCs BEC should be able to regulate for the lights, shouldn't it?

yep! lights are very minimal draw unless you are trying to night into day over a 100 yard area.

 

[Cultus]

I wired up my own with LED's and resistors i got off ebay for about $4. The lenses i had in my spare parts from other axial projects, the one is standard yellow and the other 3 are white lenses that i sprayed the inside with tamiya X27 clear red and some pactra candy blue i had left over from the body. I run it with the HeyOK switch, but could be run directly off reciever voltage as well.

This is the calculator i used to determine what resistors needed

LED series/parallel array wizard

 

[altd896]

HeyOk KOH light controller ftw.

I will eventually go that route....once I get a 3-ch. radio.

Don't need 3ch radio, the HeyOK control jumpers between the rx & the esc to see a throttle signal for the brake lights.

Would I just use a "Y" adapter to run both the front bar and rear bar/controller from the BATT port on the RX?

Just plug the front bar into any spare port on the rx, all the + & - pins are interconnected & they're the only 2 the light bar is using.