Hello and welcome In this video you will learn a lot about additional lighting for drones Are you also looking for lighting for your drone so that it can also be seen at night, as shown here? Then you can get some information about the Flytron Strobob with a Cree LED here. The Flytron comes in a small envelope. The Flytron Strobon LED lights meet the requirements of the FAA and CAA anti-collision lighting regulations for drones. According to the manufacturer, it is visible up to three miles away which corresponds to about 4.8 km Content is a Velcro fastener, which usually consists of a Velcro strip with barbs that is the rough part, and a Velcro strip with loops that is the soft part that is why the two sides are often also called hook and loop tape. Then it is In addition, a round Velcro fastener is included for optional attachment of the strobe to the underside of the two rear motors. And the most important thing, of course, is the Flytron lighting.
A very compact and robust part. There is a button for switching on and querying the battery status. If this is only pressed briefly once the battery level is indicated by once, twice, or three times Flashing If the button is pressed for longer than three seconds
, the flashing function is switched on. A small battery is housed on the strobe, which is charged using a micro USB socket. Here you can see the three strobe in operation in a slow motion recording . that the LED flashes three times in a row This cannot be seen directly in real operation, since the LED is switched on for around 20ms and the pause between is around 30ms With the usual 30 frames per second, this three-time flashing cannot be perceived or recognized The desired However, the effect of this threefold flashing can
definitely be perceived in real operation in such a way that an apparently very bright flashing light is created.
Now for attaching the strobe to the drone, here the DJI Mini 2 According to Sera 3215 regulations, there must be a red light on the left on the front and on on the right Green light and a white light at the rear can be fitted by using these below With different colors, the direction of flight or the orientation of the drone is always recognized in the dark. I attach the hook straps to the drone and the velcro straps to the strobe. The velcro straps are cut accordingly.
They are attached to the two front feet of the drone. The antenna of the I can't say at this point to what extent the mounted strobon affects the
reception behavior and may result in a reduction in the range . On numerous flights with the strobon, I haven't found anything disadvantageous. The strobon is then attached to the drone simply pressed on the glued-on hook tape. The holding power is sufficient. Unfortunately, after a few hours, one of the hook straps came loose despite careful pre-cleaning of the adhesive surface.
Now for the weight. The drone alone weighs 238g 3 strobons, each with about 4g, result in a total weight of 250g The ND filter has no further effect on the weight But with additional gimbal protection, the 250g are exceeded Now the discharge test I have all three strobons beforehand fully charged, which
can be recognized by the three flashes The operating time is specified by the manufacturer as greater than two hours This test shows that the operating time is significantly longer, at least when new The red light lasts around 7.5 hours, the green around nine Hours I stopped the test after eleven hours At this point the white LED was still functional Now the charging test The charging time is given by the manufacturer as about two hours The test resulted in a charging time of about three hours After ten weeks of storage without operation, the status displays show indicates a good charge status with the double flash Now a real flight test in the dark B In this slow motion shot, the LED flashes three times, which ultimately appears like a flash.
The drone can still be clearly seen here. At a distance of 1340 meters, I rotate the drone slowly and 360 degrees to see whether the It is clearly visible in the direction of the different LED colors. Unfortunately, it cannot be seen quite as well on this video as it could actually be perceived with the human eye. I fly a bit further. It can be seen that the sky is a little brighter as the background The recognition decreases a bit But the drone is still easy to recognize Even at a distance of two kilometers, the drone can still be recognized Now the automatic return function reports Here I would like to show the direction recognition again The distance is only 23 meters What needs to be mentioned here is that the rough directional position of the drone can be perceived, but not the exact position This Come t simply because the LEDs have a fairly large beam angle and therefore both LEDs, i.e. the red and green, can be seen almost evenly in a large rotation range.
I hope I was able to give you some helpful information with this video along the way and wish you a save and safe flight, day and night.
