Added 2.3mm El wire to my Lighting. Using 12v inverter that I spliced into the 3s lipo/ESC leads and just taped it all on until I see if I like this night flying stuff. Football field is partially lit at night anyway so visibility should not be a problem. Inverter has two El wire lines out. Cost 4 dollars for the inverter and the two color el wires (1.5 meters each). I am always bragging how cheap I get stuff but that is just because I am working in China as an ESL teacher and I buy stuff off taobao.com which is really cheap here including their shipping fees (usually less than two dollars).
Inverter and El wires total 55 grams.

I flew the Lighting with the el wire and it flies nice, no noticeable drag or adverse flight characteristics and lands without dragging the el wire on the ground. But it was dawn and too light to really see the el wire so will have to get out to the field at 5:00am next time.

Update April 15: flew it this morning in the dark - easy to see and as long as I kept it in the football field it was ok but I let it get outside and lost orientation and crashed - broke wire off motor and motor mount. First time I crashed this plane. I don't really enjoy it as all I see is the lights and I don't get the feeling of flight as I can't see the plane itself. Will repair, fly once to get a video and then probably stop doing it as it isn't much fun to me. Maybe if the whole plane was lit up with leds from the inside it would be different.

Update May 1: getting the hang of flying it now. If I keep it close to the boundaries of the football field I have no problem not crashing it. But it makes me dizzy watching the lights against the black sky. I still prefer flying it when it is a little lighter.
I am having problems making a video though as my cheap camera doesn't do well at night. So will figure out how to mount my Canon Elph on my hat and use that as a night cam. Would like to get some good video before I take the lights off the wing. It still flys great even with the weight of the 3s battery (which I really like now and wont go back to 2s) and the el wire setup.

can you tell me where you bought these components? tks

Originally Posted by eagle60

can you tell me where you bought these components? tks

I apologize about bragging about the price as I am in China and buy off taobao.com which is super cheap. Not sure what the prices are in US. Perhaps you can get something cheap on alibaba.
Jim.