Drastically Improving the Speed, Life, and Performance of your R/C Helicopter

Step 3: Removing the LED

   You don't need to do this, but the LED has weight and it uses some of the battery power.  I didn't really care about the LED so I removed it by unscrewing the cockpit, cutting the two wires, then removed it from the cockpit.  There is also a weight there, if you want your helicopter to last longer, take it off.  If you want your helicopter to go fast, glue it back. 

Comments

[willrandship]

Much more about the power consumption than the weight. We left ours in (but disconnected) and still saw another 5-10 mins of flight. Still, weight is weight ;P