Thank you.
Perfect thank you, and a discount code toođ
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I donât have a video but I use mine 100% of the time as more often than not Iâm flying against a woodland background & a grey Mavic isnât great for spotting lol
Plus we can get military aircraft & leisure flights that donât always keep above 400ft buzzing by so feel itâs essential to be safer!
4 Strobonâs, one on the front & rear of the rear legs give me omnidirectional visibility.
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I can highly recommend these, I have two white ones on my MP mounted on the rear legs with the 3M tape, so small, nothing to them but sooo bright!
Had a cheeky night flight out in the middle of nowhere in Ireland in Feb and you can definately see them much further than you can possibly imagine!
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Hereâs something I rigged up for my old MM⌠Sorry, no in flight video
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Is white the best colour?
At a distance the colours are almost indistinguishable.
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From either the 1st January/July 2022, youâll need a green strobe for night flying.
As @OzoneVibe says, the colours are almost indistinguishable at distance, so opt for green and youâll kill two birds with one stone.
Ned
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Great oxymoronic legislation!
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Was looking at these today. Must admit, I find it hard to see either of my drones past 200m or so. They seem really effective. I weighed my MM2 at 241g with battery and props. According to Flytron, theyâre 4g a pop. So 2 of these Strobon standalones would put me at the limit.
Granted, 8g isnât a lot, but half of that weight is the 3.7v 70mAh lipo batteries. An alternative idea would be to tap into the unused 3.6v pin output on the MM2 power and ESC board.
From this (above) going to the Strobon SE v2 Navigation Strobe Controller (below) which weighs 0.3g and can drive/control multiple LEDs.
From the controller routed inside the front arms to where the antenna wires come out (underneath the front arms, where it meets the front leg), and have a pair of 0.5g Strobon 3W Power LEDs (one green, one red?) mounted on the legs held in place with grey heat shrink 
Approx 2g of wiring would required too. That would make it about 3.3g in total for a pair of strobes that runs off the drone battery. There are probably a shed load of reasons not to do it, but being grounded ⌠I have a lot of time to think up daft ideas 
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Save all the bits and pieces and having to find power supply, and just get the Strobon CREE.
Brighter, genuine strobes, built in rechargeable battery lasts ages.
The strobing light is FAR brighter than the LEDs, albeit for very brief flashes.
But, they far more visible since (a) they are brighter and (b) flashing lights are more visible than the same brightness in continuous mode.
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You are no doubt right. The cree is brighter and the all-in-one product saves the need to mod.
That said, I am not a fan of how it looks stuck on with either a bracket or some velcro.
Then there is the weight and more items to charge (and with a micro USB cable 
).
Ignore me. I am OCD when it comes to looks, I hate clutter and love modding (things that donât need modding) I may have a look for some standalone crees, but I recall they require heatpads, which the Strobon CREE has built-in.
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Unlike the LEDs, the strobes flash so briefly there is no heat to sink.
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Flytron is under selling itself ⌠scroll to specs at the bottom of the page. It advertises 4 grams. Good to hear theyâre lighter. A pair of them would put the MM2 at just under 248 grams.
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In the end the whole idea is for the drone to be more visible.
On that basis alone there is no contesst.
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The underfunding of the UKâs police is such I cannot envisage every copper carrying a set of jewlers scales with them.
250g? 255g?
Most people happily will drive along a motorway at 80 mph, so why are people worried about going 1g over the 250g?
Pro-rata 80mph equates to 285g ⌠so plenty of leeway.
Iâm not suggesting everyone goes out and pushes the absolute limit and uses that analogy to argue their case - but what I am saying is letâs get real and far less paranoid.
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I think my comment has been somewhat misconstrued. Personally, I wish to keep my MM2 under 250g, as it is the responsible thing to do - especially with the A2 CofC fresh in my mind. I donât think trying to be responsible should be interpreted as being paranoid.
I take your point about UK Police not having scales to hand. But it may be a different story if there was an incident (to people or property) and the MM2 was above the legal limit.
Anyway, back to the topic. I have purchased a pair of Strobon Cree standalones (using the discount code) 
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Forgive me - I may have been quoting your post but my comment about the 250g limit and the apparent fear of transgressing the 250g limit was more a general one than directed at just yourself.
Chances are by the time somethingâs happened that causes anyone to check the weight it will be in bits ⌠and not all the bits ⌠and easily be beneath the weight. 
In the end - Iâm sure the only thing that would be of interest would be the model of drone and if that had a sub 250g spec ⌠not an actual weighing of strobes, filters etc.
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Just received the Strobon CREE standalones. I ignored everyoneâs comments and was swiftly blinded moments later Man, these are bright!
I also purchased some of the CREE Xlamp XP-E2âs from RS Components, to use with Strobon SE v2 Navigation Strobe Controller. Flytron confirmed theyâd work, as they use the XP-E (predecessor) with the standalone. What I didnât realise is how small these are.
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