Anyone found a decent spotlight for Mavic / Air 3 frames?

[LimitedPowers]

All the lights I've seen for the Mav / Air 3 class drones are terrible. They're either too weak or too heavy, or both. My Air 3 is as night blind as a granny with cataracts so I need to fix this. I've already replaced the top cover with a suprisingly well made detachable mount so I've got a lot of options. I've tried my cheapo flashlight on a go pro adapter already and it wasn't bright enough. It's actually quite hard to find a light source that is both powerful and lightweight, since good flashlights are almost always overbuilt in heavy aluminum. My options are stripping down a high lumen handheld light, fussing with a custom LED DIY chipset (meh, I'm lazy and I can't find the right heatsinks on my $20 project budget), or plopping down a C note for a genuine ali express LEP. Has anyone tried mounting an LEP to a drone before? I might have to try if no one else has yet. Another option would be to hack down a 30 watt LED headlight that already has a nice thermal package and lens but those have 12 v drivers and I would like to run it on an 18650 cell and a small constant current driver. Suggestions before I start cutting up flashlights?

 

[mavic3usa]

These Rovyvon lights are pretty bright, you might try one from Amazon: Aurora Flashlights

 

[Felix le Chat]

These Rovyvon lights are pretty bright, you might try one from Amazon: Aurora Flashlights

Nice bit o'kit.... I'd be a bit wary of mounting the Aurora to a drone: it has quite a powerful little magnet built into it as part of the clip: that would probably play hell with the compass. The Angel Eyes Pro looks the business... no magnet either. That's the one I've bookmarked for a closer look later.

 

[mavic3usa]

Nice bit o'kit.... I'd be a bit wary of mounting the Aurora to a drone: it has quite a powerful little magnet built into it as part of the clip: that would probably play hell with the compass. The Angel Eyes Pro looks the business... no magnet either. That's the one I've bookmarked for a closer look later.

Good point to check for but so far no issues on my Avata where I use them 100% of the time.

Edit: I'm checking my lights and none of them stick to the fridge.

 

[LimitedPowers]

On further investigation of drone lighting, I've found that CMOS cameras are most sensitive to 520 nm light. That's green light to our eyes. If you compare the camera response at night between a white light and a green light of the same power, you will see the camera is more sensitive and will "see" more of the surroundings lit up in green light. So why not use a high power green led light for night flying? I'll get one and do some tests at night, and post the pics here for everyone to see, once I get around to it...