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Old May 29th 21, 12:30 AM posted to rec.photo.digital
Savageduck[_3_]
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Default Fwd: Drone lights for FPV flying (not indicator lights)

On May 28, 2021, gray_wolf wrote
(in article ):

Very interesting...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gl1xYyGom1g

It could certainly windup the neighborhood. :-)

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Subject: Drone lights for FPV flying (not indicator lights)
Date: Fri, 28 May 2021 15:58:30 -0600
From: Tony Arkles
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design
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On 2021-05-20 5:23 a.m., John Doe wrote:
Also... My drone has a "Downward Vision System and Infrared Sensing System"
that keeps the aircraft stable above the ground when not being user
controlled. But it fails at nighttime because it can't see the ground. So why
not add an LED...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gl1xYyGom1g

Why NOT add an LED


That is a nice idea which would not work for “John Doe” and his DJI Mini.

The drone shown in that YouTube video is an enterprise level, 8 rotor FreeFly Alta 8 which has the lift capacity to deal with the load of that light bar. His Mini, not so much. Just consider the cost difference between his Mini and the FreeFly Alta 8 in the video; $400 for the Mini, and $17,500 for the Alta 8 before you add anything including cameras, and/or light bar.

He is looking for some cheap eBay special which might have questionable lighting performance when it comes to doing what he wants to get out of it.

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Savageduck