High intensit small high lumen lights ,aka EDC Lights, are great for drones. They are extremely bright, much brighter than those lights specifically made more drones as spotlights. These high intensity EDC lights have temperature regulators in them and will drop the lumen output from 3000-4000 lumens to a mere 1000 lumens in a few minutes when temps exceed a certain level.
WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO is put the lights on the sides of the drone but sticking out from the sides so they can be under the props. THEY SHOULD NOT BE ON TOP OF THE DRONES LIKE THOSE PRODUCTS YOU SEE ON EBAY OR AMAZON. There is no prop wash to keep them cool when put on top of the drone. They instantly heat up and dim themselves.
I use skid landing gear for increasing the height the drone is from the ground. I attach the lights to the skids. The skids stick out to be just under the edges of the props and allows the lights to be exposed to the prop wash. THIS WAY THE LIGHTS STAY COOL TO TOUCH AND DO NOT REDUCE THEIR LUMEN OUTPUT. The temperature doesn't rise enough to trigger the temp regulator as long as the lights are being cooled by the props. Aside from that, the faster you fly, the cooler the lights get.
Also, If a light were to fall off it would not hit the props and cuse a crash. Putting anything on top of your drone is a risk. If it were to break or fall of it would go into the rotors and crash your drone. I don't put anything on top of my drone. One, there is the risk of it falling off and causing damage to the props and TWO, putting anything of significant weight on top of your drone messes up the balance and makes the drone top heavy. This makes the drone harder to control.
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WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO is put the lights on the sides of the drone but sticking out from the sides so they can be under the props. THEY SHOULD NOT BE ON TOP OF THE DRONES LIKE THOSE PRODUCTS YOU SEE ON EBAY OR AMAZON. There is no prop wash to keep them cool when put on top of the drone. They instantly heat up and dim themselves.
I use skid landing gear for increasing the height the drone is from the ground. I attach the lights to the skids. The skids stick out to be just under the edges of the props and allows the lights to be exposed to the prop wash. THIS WAY THE LIGHTS STAY COOL TO TOUCH AND DO NOT REDUCE THEIR LUMEN OUTPUT. The temperature doesn't rise enough to trigger the temp regulator as long as the lights are being cooled by the props. Aside from that, the faster you fly, the cooler the lights get.
Also, If a light were to fall off it would not hit the props and cuse a crash. Putting anything on top of your drone is a risk. If it were to break or fall of it would go into the rotors and crash your drone. I don't put anything on top of my drone. One, there is the risk of it falling off and causing damage to the props and TWO, putting anything of significant weight on top of your drone messes up the balance and makes the drone top heavy. This makes the drone harder to control.
Comments welcome