Be more honest Epson but the possibilities are mind-blowing.

John Gowland · Jan 17, 2018

lannes said:
The lights are going well, just ordered another two with some holders for the front legs, planning to use 4 on the Mavic Pro. The strobeon are ideal as they don't change any of the flight characterisitic.
The Lume cubes are a bit heavy for the Mavic but work perfectly on the P4P

How far can you see your MP with the lights?

lannes · Jan 17, 2018

John Gowland said:
How far can you see your MP with the lights?

Haven't really tested it that far out, will do so when I get the other 2 lights.

As a guide the strobeon on website is claiming 4.8km at night , so I'd just say under a km during the day, especially if I have 4 going.

John Gowland · Jan 18, 2018

I picked a lume Cube today I tried it out in the middle of the day I could see craft at 600m. without the light and 900 with the light. with difficulty.
So it looks like the end of the Quest for me I'm sure it's very good when we really need to fly at Dawn and dusk but in the very bright light is not a lot of use. I would imagine the Cube is more powerful than the strobon.

lannes · Jan 18, 2018

John Gowland said:
I picked a lume Cube today I tried it out in the middle of the day I could see craft at 600m. without the light and 900 with the light. with difficulty.
So it looks like the end of the Quest for me I'm sure it's very good when we really need to fly at Dawn and dusk but in the very bright light is not a lot of use. I would imagine the Cube is more powerful than the strobon.

900m is still pretty significant, how did you have it angled ? which way was it facing and was the lume cube strobing or static

John Gowland · Jan 18, 2018

I attached it to the rear of the craft with 3 strips of Sellotape very stable it was on continuous not strobe I found strobe more difficult to see surprisingly. It is so far away it looks like strobing anyway.

John Gowland · Jan 18, 2018

You have to be careful with the cube because if you put you on maximum setting it only lasts about 20 minutes if not less.

lannes · Jan 18, 2018

You could also use the "radar view" to see where your AC is, all you have to do is move (rotate) so that the red AC indicator is facing directly towards you or away from you, then at least the direction your looking in will be correct and if it's in vlos you should be able to see it. This is similar to your arrow idea

lannes · Jan 18, 2018

Maybe we are looking at the light colour all wrong for daytime as white would blend too much, maybe we should be looking at red or orange

According to Bontrager their Bontrager Flare R light has a daytime visibility of 2km, 2km is probably enough for what you want to use it for

You should just get one of these

John Gowland · Jan 18, 2018

your right of course a red flashing light. A bike red flashing light is going to be a lot more powerful one than the MP has. But I will try the MPs idea first.

John Gowland · Jan 18, 2018

Yesterday I bought a $AU20 white 200 lumen torch for head gear at a local hardware store and this morning took it out for 2.5 Km (1.5 miles) and could see it clearly. This was on a cloudy dawn just after sunrise. You don't need much white light at night but seems you need a strong red light for day. BTW the torch lasts for at least 5 hours and is far more streamlined than the big ugly Cube at 1,500 lumens.

rfc · Jan 18, 2018

lannes said:
You could also use the "radar view" to see where your AC is, all you have to do is move (rotate) so that the red AC indicator is facing directly towards you or away from you, then at least the direction your looking in will be correct and if it's in vlos you should be able to see it. This is similar to your arrow idea

What'd be cool is a head's up Target Acquisition Display of the location of the bird, similar to what's in an FA-18 Hornet (or any comparable fighter jet). Just sayin'.