balbs

Ha Ha..Like I mentioned, I use it for night flying. It is pretty bright at night and would be visible in lit underground parking structures depending on color. Only LEDs would give you the "Orion-like" daytime brightness you want.

balbs

On another note, the LED would look segmented unless the light conductivity of the fin\rods are modified where as the EL tape would look like tiny light sabers.

nomis_nehc

Yah. I may explore the possibilities with EL tape regarding ambient lighting though. Seems like it would be super easy project to tackle.

nomis_nehc

Yes, that's what I had mentioned earlier as well.

However, I think due to the density of this particular part I am using, gap visibility should be only visible when you're literally up-close on it.

Here's a picture from the vendor's site:


From a video I have seen with the red/amber LED that was used, I think this picture above is actually really representative of what to expect.

balbs

$7 per foot for 1/4 inch + $30 controller isn't too expensive to try out. If all else I was thinking of doing a custom ambient lighting for inside my car.

nomis_nehc

Yah, I'll just have to think where to run this to have it look classy.

Will think about that after this is done

balbs

"Classy" is the key word. I wouldn't want it to look like I'm showing off some $50K sound system in the trunk kind of lighting. I you know what I mean.

nomis_nehc

It's here!

I have to say, their packaging reminds me of how Dell used to pack their products. A huge box for nothing, lol.

nomis_nehc

Wow, geez, looks like this is going to be more work than I thought.

First of all, the LED is a whole lot thinner than I thought, and it seems it's ridiculously easy to break it off/apart the board.

I am thinking it might be out of question to mount it behind the fins...

nomis_nehc

Because I love you guys (more like I need a break...)

Here's a pic.

As I suspected, only up-close will the gaps between the LEDs be visible.

First pic is normal and the second is HDR. Still can't quite capture the gap between the LEDs though. They're that bright.