Sometimes when you are flying one of your bugs in the late afternoon it starts to get dark and you loose sight on what is the front and back (in my case a tricopter) and at some point you loose sight at all!! That sucks cause you wanna keep flying.
So I started to investigate lights and fluerescent sticks for my Tri, but either you had to connect to your battery, use zip ties or sticks would die off etc. etc.
Till when I realized that a few years ago I purchased on eBay this easy click on and off light weight red tube light with an elastic clip-on system for my mountain bike. Putting 1 and 1 together, I use it now on my bugs and it works like a freaking charm. So easy to use, beautifull light. Runs on a normall battery.
It has an on/off button, strobe and comes in different colors (white, red, blue, green and yellow).
They come in different sizes.
They also have a model that charges by usb.
(http://fibreflare.com/collections/fibre-flare-usb/products/fibre-flare-usb-super-shorty-red)
Specs om the 30cm battery powered version (the one on the pictures):
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- 360 Degree Illumination - Be Seen from All Angles!
- Massive Illuminated Surface Area for Ultimate Safety
- Ultra Bright - Visible from Over 300 Meters
- Super Light Weight - Only 80 grams (including batteries)
- Excellent Burn Time - 75 Hours Strobe or 24 Hours Constant
- Silicone Attachment Slings - Fits all Bikes, Clothing & Bags
- 2 x AAA 1.5V Batteries
Link to their website: http://fibreflare.com
(NO I dont work for them and I am not getting any fees or money for this)
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Very nice, but WAAY too expensive for a multi-rotor when you can buy a meter of red, green and white LEDs that are easily as bright, along with an Rx switch, all for less than half that and weigh less.
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40 dollar might be a little expensive but i found exact the same thing for $16,99:
http://dx.com/p/super-flare-bicycle-flexible-pipe-3-mode-safety-light-green-6-x-ag13-228021
this is a green light and they have more colors in stock.
good luck to the night flyers
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/Super-Flare-Bicycle-Flexible-Pipe-Safety-Fluorescent-Lamp-Light-Blue-/251310833122?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a834afde2
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