I like the Firehouse Arc V lights and the Vifly lights. Velcro is by far the simplest, lightest, and least expensive mounting. It's perfectly adequate with respect to the weight and dynamic loading of a small strobe.
Agree,I use the Arc V and they are incredibly bright for such a small unit.
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Not in my opinion. And mounts just add weight and bulk.
I thought the same thing, and I didn't particularly like mounting them on the arms. Here's a video of my mounting strategy which follows flight standards (red on the left, green on the right and white in the center).
If the front of the drone was facing away from you, you have green in back and red in front. Red should be left front and green right front, white in back, and top if the white can't be seen from above. For me red and green should be running solid so there is less confusion when seeing from a distance, and knowing the drone is coming at you or going away.
I'm not sure which lights you are referring to. On the Mavic 3 the front arm lights alternate red and green and rear arm lights flash green only (plus you see the battery leds) and those lights by themselves without strobes added are quite visible from below and easily indicate direction. My strobes (as you can see in my pic above) are all mounted on top of the aircraft, the side two at an angle due to design of the Mavic and the larger white strobe facing straight up. From above aircraft will see 3 flashing strobes, white in the center, red to port, and green to starboard. The two side strobes are also quite visible from below and help indicate direction of the aircraft. No matter which direction the aircraft is facing I can easily tell its direction from above and below.
Ok. Thank you. I figured but didn’t know.
