Recent content by il Padrone

Not sure why you would say that a light is not visible from 3,000ft (1 km) when the lights available that I have looked at make claims of 3km, or even 5km visible range. If I buy one I will see what it really is. But I do not even want to go out to 1km, much less 5kms. I just want to get better...

That is all that I need... to see where it is. I will use a long flash or even constant light if the strobe is inadequate. You may be misunderstanding my flying situations; I do NOT fly at night (illegal) so I can deal with obstacles either with the obstacle-avoidance sensors or visually by...

A bright light, placed underneath the drone, can greatly enhance VLOS, both in distance and when flying against any concealing background (eg. vegetation and valley walls if flown from a gorge). I have found the drone disappears to clear view, even at 400-600m range in broad daylight, and hence...

Where I live and fly, if there are any manned aircraft about, I am legally required to land the drone (if within 5.5km of any uncontrolled airport or heliport) as soon as I become aware of any aircraft, at any altitude. Flying at night is illegal so a light on top is kind of meaningless.

Just looked this up - $A28 from TomTop, a Chinese supplier. Free shipping to Australia.