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Thank you for the welcoming notes and the feedback. Maybe hunting was the wrong word.. I've got 1,000 acres and hogs that are tearing up the land, in Texas, they are an escalating problem for property/wildlife here. I'm looking to see where they are coming into my property, where they are hanging out, and ultimately block there entry to preserve my property/wildlife. They come out of hiding at night, so identifying those locations it's next to impossible from anywhere but the air. 1 more point - there is a game warden that flies around on a helicopter and shoots them to continue to control the problem, so don't believe identification w/ a drone would be a problem.
I ran a 1600 acre ranch down in the Lampasas area for a number of years and part of my job was to "try" to control the feral hog population and I will say that a drone would have been a great asset in doing so. Good luck to you and hope you get the lighting on your drone to help with the task.
 
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Now that we've cleared up the fact that you're only doing recon, that's a hog of a different color. Lume Cube makes lights for such things. Not sure if they have mounts for MA2. If not then perhaps visit Streamlight. I know they have lightweight lights that attach to handguns and rifles that are pretty bright, some 500 lumens. You might find something that you can "custom mount" to your MA2. You don't want anything too heavy.

Good luck.
I have dual Lume Cubes for my M2Z and P4 but they’re only effective to ~30’. You can see the light on the ground up to ~50’ but it isn’t bright enough to be of any use.

I have a triple cube setup that I mount on a carbon fibre cage for doing flights inside tanks/vessels/grain silos. The Lume Cubes are very effective for that purpose due to close proximity.
 
Hogs are pretty smart. I can only imagine them hearing your drone and bolting for cover. I have seen a lot of instances where they use helicopters. If it was me, I would get myself a good thermal scope for my rifle and spending a few nights doing some productive target practice.
 
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Again, Here is a pic from the Air2S with the Klarus G15, there are more on the 1st page of the thread. It's better and less expensive than any "made for drone" lights. 80US. That's actually at 80ft. It doesn't start losing intensity on the ground until about 150ft.Klarus G15 on A2S 60ft.jpg
 
Thank you everyone! Great posts on all sides…@cgmaxed - exactly what I’m looking for!
 
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Thank you everyone! Great posts on all sides…@cgmaxed - exactly what I’m looking for!
I went to LOWES or HomeDepot. I bought 10lb rated velcro. It's the type that is the same on both sides. I placed a large square of it behind a front leg on the body of the drone, left or right. I put another piece on the flashlight. I had to fill the edges with hot melt glue, because the light is round. Here is the pic of where it's attached. You will need to get leg extensions, or you will have to hand launch and catch your drone. . They sell foldable leg extensions on amazon cheap.Air2S w Spot Light.jpg
 
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What country is WOKE and WHAT do the initials stand for? Is it like PETA in the USA?
I don't know what you're getting at. There is nothing wrong with advocating for the ethical treatment of animals.No COUNTRY is "WOKE" yet. But there is a large and growing faction that over-reacts when they "feel" something. We refer to them as the WOKE crowd. I suspect it's not limited to one country, but seems to be more and more front and center in the US, especially on the both coasts.

We see this metastasizing in the US. They are quick to judge, willing to cancel and even lynch before they have any facts or knowledge of a situation. They are like the Queen of Hearts in Alice in Wonderland; first the execution, then the trial. Or in simpler terms they operate on a "READY, FIRE, AIM" basis. They tend to be incestuous in the information they receive and pass on as facts as they exclude facts and dissenting opinion even if well reasoned and documented and refuse to back away from their opinions even when proven wrong, and often go ballistic when someone presents something that counters what they "feel". Just think about all the people who are anti-drone without knowing anything about them and will get in your face even if you're out flying, minding your own business harming no one or nothing in any way. But it extends to so many other areas of life and activities.
 
Are you paranoid?
No. Just acutely aware of the unfortunate trajectory everything is going- in the midst of a growing culture where wrong is right and right is ridiculed. Your reply suggests a label for me, no? Just an example of what I'm getting at.
 
No. Just acutely aware of the unfortunate trajectory everything is going- in the midst of a growing culture where wrong is right and right is ridiculed. Your reply suggests a label for me, no? Just an example of what I'm getting at.
I literally didn't know what "woke" or "being woke" meant until I saw you mention it. I just researched it. WOKE means:
alert to injustice in society, especially racism. Peta uses it for alert to "speciesism" or injustice to animals.
"we need to stay angry, and stay woke" ; It's like saying "stay awake to social injustice or animal injustice"

Apparently PETA extremists use the term "to be woke" for ,alert to the injustice in treatment of animals or what they call "speciesism".
Apparently an animal activist is WOKE, when they are more on the extremist side of things I guess.
AGAIN, I HAD NO IDEA OF THIS WOKE MOVEMENT. Animal protection extremists gone mad. PETA is considered to be an social extremist threat group or even a terrorist group by the FBI.
 
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Are you paranoid?
Apparently, after doing some research, "WOKE" is a faction of animal extremists willing to commit terrorist acts against people and businesses they believe to be unjust in the treatment of animals. The word woke came from black activism for being awake to racism. Peta adopted it to the chagrin of the race activists. The crazies in PETA are said to be "woke".
 
Apparently, after doing some research, "WOKE" is a faction of animal extremists willing to commit terrorist acts against people and businesses they believe to be unjust in the treatment of animals. The word woke came from black activism for being awake to racism. Peta adopted it to the chagrin of the race activists. The crazies in PETA are said to be "woke".
I don't want to get into the politics of it, but in the hopes of partially (and loosely) defining the term, "the WOKE crowd" refers to those who push a Left wing progressive agenda, featuring the now infamous "cancel culture" (hopefully we all know what that is by now), and the pushing critical race theory, and increased government involvement in virtually everything, often embracing and promoting socialism. "Wokeism encomasses so much more, but this should provide a general idea.
 
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I don't want to get into the politics of it, but in the hopes of partially (and loosely) defining the term, "the WOKE crowd" refers to those who push a Left wing progressive agenda, featuring the now infamous "cancel culture" (hopefully we all know what that is by now), and the pushing critical race theory, and increased government involvement in virtually everything, often embracing and promoting socialism. "Wokeism encomasses so much more, but this should provide a general idea.
Hi Vindibona1,
Thanks for the enlightenment. I just looked up Cancel Culture. I actually was a victim of this behavior (being "cancelled") by a local newspaper and news channel several years ago. Now I know why their little hit piece on me was so horrendous. It's a mindset being ingrained into the fabric of society. It's disgusting. Being on the receiving end of it is a nightmare.
 
SO IS ANYONE GONNA POST ANY NEW NIGHT FLYING SPOT LIGHT IDEAS, OR IS THIS THREAD DONE? I think it's done. Looks like the O.P. is content. Guess we will wait for an admin to call it.
 
Hi Vindibona1,
Thanks for the enlightenment. I just looked up Cancel Culture. I actually was a victim of this behavior (being "cancelled") by a local newspaper and news channel several years ago. Now I know why their little hit piece on me was so horrendous. It's a mindset being ingrained into the fabric of society. It's disgusting. Being on the receiving end of it is a nightmare.
Again... I won't get into the weeds with this stuff, and a lot of the "canceling" is hidden. YouTube does something called "shadow banning", which buries YouTube channels that has content it doesn't agree with and while it doesn't (always) completely cancel it, they frequently stifle the volume of views it can get in various ways reducing the ability to go viral while it partially or fully demonitizes the channel often using the lame excuse of "disinformation" (as if they have a lock on accurate news and info). Less clandestine is Yahoo News, that is all in to publish articles, sometimes very biased, pretending to be the news that take their particular bent on an issue... and have "temporarily suspended public comment", temporary being a year now. The WOKE now is keen on changing terminology. The most ridiculous example of this that I heard recently is that it was suggested in governmental documents than instead of using the term "expectant mothers" the WOKE term they're pushing to replace it with is "birthing people". I'll leave the explanation of what they're trying to do as this could go way down the rabbit hole, which is not my intent. I just wanted to wake you on the WOKE.
 
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