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September 26, 2026 at 9:17 PM
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September 24, 2026 at 12:32 PM
𝖠 𝖦𝖱𝖤𝖤𝖭 𝖥𝖫𝖠𝖲𝖧𝖨𝖭𝖦 𝖫𝖤𝖣?!
(a post on EU/EASA rules)
One of our local pilots, who was flying after sunset, was admonished by police during the control for not having navigational lights 😵 and warned that this may be a subject to a serious consequences next time, as this can be treated as causing threat to air traffic safety 🙃 I forgot to mention that he was flying a microdrone (1.8'').
I checked it, and apparently in EU there is an active rule 2019/94 UAS.OPEN.060 / point 2G: the operator ensures that, during night operations, a flashing green light is activated on the unmanned aircraft.
The law does not state any technical details; the light must be green and flashing. So the next thing I did is build a lightest led light 😎🐝 I bought a 3mm led light with an inbuilt flashing chip and the 150R 0,6W resistor. Both super tiny. Together with the AWG30 cables and thermal coating it is 0.38 g. Works, drains 20mA, so it has not much impact at all on the current, and I succesfully added it to my 1.8 and 2 inch drones.
July 28, 2026 at 7:49 AM
Testing Caddx Ratel Pro at night in minimum light conditions:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZX5tXfH4Mj0
(descriptions are made in Polish only, soz for the inconvenience😉)
ℌ𝔞𝔰𝔰𝔢𝔩𝔥𝔬𝔣𝔣 4'' Long Range Drone 🐝 𝘋𝘐𝘠 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 :
Frame Flywoo Explorer LR O3
Stack FLYWOO GOKU F722 Pro Mini V2 45A 32Bit 128K AM32
Motors iFlight XING2 1404 3000KV ELRS Radiomaster RP3 V2
ExpressLRS 2.4ghz Nano Receiver GPS GOKU GM10 Mini V3 GPS
VTX Speedybee TX800
Antena iFlight 5.8GHz Albatross V2 Antenna
Camera CADDX Ratel Pro 1500TVL FOVD NTSC/PAL
Buzzer 100dB VIFLY Finder Mini
Propellers Gemfan LR 4024-2
Strobe VIFLY Strobe Platinum
Batteries Tattu HV 4S 15.2V 850 & 750mAh 95C XT30
July 27, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Thermovision cameras: I have been thinking on buildling a drone for night flying with switchable cameras - one with Ratel Pro (as it is excellent for this purpose) and second - the 256x192 4MM CVBS for environment without much light. Anyone tried this model? 🫠
I wonder how usable it is eg. to land in total darkness in zero-light enviornment. I was flying yesterday after 11pm with Ratel Pro only, in the woods, the background was hardly visible without additional light 😑 it was very hard to find the landing place at aim for it.
PS: I got inspired with Hoarder Sam's video 😎