Electronic Eurocopter "Medicopter 117"

Jeffrey Riedesel
Oh that is cool!

Richard Caudron
Thanks Jeffrey. Yes, the result is pretty cool. and it was a real pleasure to install the electronic kit which fits perfectly the engine compartment of the helicopter. Quite impressive with the lights and flash on ...

Gordon Sørensen
That looks excellent. I like how you have lights on the instrument panel, not just nav and strobe!

Paul Waggett
I have one of these rare beasties in my stash : MBB BK-117 Space Ship (Revell 8019, 1:32)

Richard Caudron
Don't know what Revell proposes in their 'electronic kit'. The electronic we use is provided by www.magicscalemodeling.com The light in the instrument panel is provided by one 5mm led cold white which lights 10 or 15 optical fiber. Magic's scale circuit drives 8 different channels, including optical fiber, strobe and anti-collision lights, and, of course, navigation lights

Paul Waggett
Basically it consists of a 9 volt battery powering a small board which drives leds for the top of the tail, in the ends of both stabilizers on the tail boom, the landing light in the nose and a speaker behind the passenger compartment rear bulkhead.

Richard Caudron
ok, crystal clear, Paul. I am wondering which leds are planned for the stabilizers as the horizontal part is in one piece and that the cables can not be build in. That is the main reason why I have used nano-leds : the cables are as tiny as an hair. So, Magic Scale Modeling drives the 8 different leds, but do not provide sounds. Do you plan to build it ?

Paul Waggett
Richard, the kit I have dates back 25 years, to 1990. I have had a look at the instructions in some more detail and the build involves threading the cables down the inside of the tail boom and through the stabilizers. a small hole then had to be opened up in the vertical end plate to attach the LEDs.

The instructions call for a 9v battery to drive the installation, and due to space, the battery is shown external to the kit, with the wires feeding through the bottom of the aircraft. 25 years later, I'm sure a neater power supply could be used. And I'd probably not bother with the large speaker - I doubt it provides MP3 quality sound!

One day the kit may be built, but for now it sits in my stash, inner bags still sealed.

Richard Caudron
In anyway, your Electronic kit is now a Collector item ... I plan to complete mine in the next few days. Keep you posted. Thanks for your posts.