CREE - red/green Strobes

[Bobby Brown]

Received my CREE Strobes. They are blinding when activated! I now pre flight cover each with half a posted note. Activate prelaunch, activate battery turn head and pull off posted notes. Move to my safe launch distance then I’m off!


They are excellent at my flying heights

Highly recommend


Drone on.........

 

[Porky]

Received my CREE Strobes. They are blinding when activated! I now pre flight cover each with half a posted note. Activate prelaunch, activate battery turn head and pull off posted notes. Move to my safe launch distance then I’m off!


They are excellent at my flying heights

Highly recommend


Drone on.........

What ones are more noticeable while in the air Bob, I can see my red leds more than the green ones.

 

[BD0G]

I usually take my welding helmet with me and set it to the darkest intensity. LOL. <joking>

 

[Turn11]

Received my CREE Strobes. They are blinding when activated!

@msinger has mounting 3D printed hardware for several ACs. I primarily use the forward facing mounts so I can distinguish front should “Murphy” raise his ugly head. He also has downward facing mounts. Just a thought.

STROBON Cree LED Strobe Light | Phantom Help

 

[Bobby Brown]

What ones are more noticeable while in the air Bob, I can see my red leds more than the green ones.

Had red on the bottom and green on top. I’ll swap and let you know. Been raining here for three days

 

[Porky]

Had red on the bottom and green on top. I’ll swap and let you know. Been raining here for three days

Thanks bob just interested because my standard red LED’s do seem more noticeable in the dark than the green ones, it might just be me though

 

[Turn11]

For your reading pleasure, here is the information on which color strobe is the brightest and least bright. About two thirds of the way down is the heading appropriately named Which Color is the Brightest. Hope this helps and I can verify this from my many years in the US Navy Submarines.

 

[Porky]

For your reading pleasure, here is the information on which color strobe is the brightest and least bright. About two thirds of the way down is the heading appropriately named Which Color is the Brightest. Hope this helps and I can verify this from my many years in the US Navy Submarines.

Thanks for the info, so my eyes are right then, red then green before you jump on me.... I know it does say “white” first but I only wanted to know about red/green cos that’s what I see all the time on my drone while flying dusk/dawn.

 

[Bobby Brown]

What ones are more noticeable while in the air Bob, I can see my red leds more than the green ones.

Flew last night put green on bottom red on top. I’d say red is more noticeable

I could see green to 550 feet. They did look rather cool cruising by at 400 feet in height or so and around 300 feet in front of me

I think the red and green are needed by 107 guys to meet code for night flight and sight distance requirements

Flew 2 hours total yesterday sunny. Blue skies and no wind

Drone on..........

 

[msinger]

I think the red and green are needed by 107 guys to meet code for night flight

The FAA has no color requirements. The aircraft just needs to be visible from at least 3 miles away.

 

[Porky]

Flew last night put green on bottom red on top. I’d say red is more noticeable

I could see green to 550 feet. They did look rather cool cruising by at 400 feet in height or so and around 300 feet in front of me

I think the red and green are needed by 107 guys to meet code for night flight and sight distance requirements

Flew 2 hours total yesterday sunny. Blue skies and no wind

Drone on..........

Thanks bob, I could definitely see a big difference between the red/green leds that are standard on my drone. Red far more noticeable.
Thanks for coming back to me about it, looks like I need to invest in some now

 

[harleymhs]

Picked up this one... OMG I popped it on the bottom of my Evo and I can see it a mile away!

 

[Turn11]

That's great but the requirement is 3 miles. Just sayin'.

 

[msinger]

That's great but the requirement is 3 miles. Just sayin'.

Those lights can be seen from 3 miles away too. They use the same Cree lights as STROBON Cree lights.

 

[Bobby Brown]

The FAA has no color requirements. The aircraft just needs to be visible from at least 3 miles away.

Thanks for the information

 

[AMann]

Put the brightest white one on top for other aircraft to see, red and green are typically for navigation and go on the sides- remember the waiter says the only wine they have is “red port left”. I put a weaker white on the rear, too. This configuration makes it easy to see which way the drone is oriented and direction of flight. It also gets a lot of attention whenever I turn on the landing lights at altitude, too.

 

[DavidNDC]

Received my firehouse strobes eariler today. I'm still seeing spots..

 

[AMann]

Received my firehouse strobes eariler today. I'm still seeing spots..

Its fun trying to turn them off as you are being blinded, isn’t it?

 

[DavidNDC]

Its fun trying to turn them off as you are being blinded, isn’t it?

Yeah, makes me miss the days of setting my own receiver up and being able to control axillary devices with a switch on my futaba.

 

[Thomas B]

Picked up this one... OMG I popped it on the bottom of my Evo and I can see it a mile away!
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I bought same brand red, green and 2 whites. Used the great mounts from Aerial Pixel. Mounted the as on full sized aircraft. I can easily see the bird at 2.5 miles out. I’m sure the STROBON are just as good... and look very similar. I’m gonna try that postage stamp trick or maybe some occlusive tap with poor adhesive. Great idea you gave me!