Lume Cubes
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Glazier
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Yeah, I been looking at them too. Look really nice. EXPENSIVE More money, More money, she'll kill me.
Just money lol. I am a bit of a flash-a-holic anyways. High end lights are more than these lume cubes. Gotta have light on mine!
I am trying to figure a legitimate use they may have to justify. Maybe if you are doing some sort of inspection in a grain silo for a farmer or other dark area or low lit area. But for the everyday hobbyist......not seeing it.
If I tried to justify most of my purchases I wouldn't buy half the stuff I do. I just wanted em - simple.
If I was honest with myself I would admit that....LOL! I had 4 motorcycles< and one ask why???!!!!
For I fear certain death from the boss if that ever happens again! Plus, I am getting too old and wise to test and tempt the waters like I use to as a young buck. Reflexes to dodge flying objects are no longer there...LOL!
Glazier
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Let me know what you think of the cubes. I think I could get away with it. I'll just tell her they were 10 bucks. She'll never know. Shhhhh
Just got em last night and it was raining so haven't mounted them yet. I did play around with them. Extremely rugged both the lights and the mounts. Feel heavy (video showed 10oz but they feel heavier). Very , very bright. App works well ; change intensity and has a slow to fast flash pattern. I turned them on at 75% constant power for 15 minutes and they used 25% of the battery life so 2 flights should be achieved easy enough. One of the cubes actually shut down after 15 minutes as they have thermal protection. I dont see them doing that when mounted since the xsp has a lot of down draft from the propellers. They do get extremely hot but they were static when I tried em out. Am I pleased? - very much so far.
Can they be pointed in a downward position or are they fixed straight ahead in orientation?
Anywhere in a 360° vertical plane. Mounts let you lock them in place where you want them w/o fear of them coming off or changing orientation.
JMV
Active Member
Hi all, I have had 2 Lume Cubes for some time and night flying opens up a whole new world. They are BRIGHT and seeing where your flying is like daylight the
brightness can be adjusted from 1 to 10 settings I only set them at 5 and wow this is bright at 5 the batteries last long at least 2 hours and 20 minutes at setting 10.
For some great night flying defenately worth the money.
cheers, JV
brightness can be adjusted from 1 to 10 settings I only set them at 5 and wow this is bright at 5 the batteries last long at least 2 hours and 20 minutes at setting 10.
For some great night flying defenately worth the money.
cheers, JV
Personally I think the cubes are over priced. If you go to Walmart and get a couple of bicycle lights mount them to your aircraft and They will last approximately four hours each so I don't know what you're doing with these things. I got a couple of them mounted to my Typhoon H because sometimes I like to fly at night time, works great for me.
Most color-balanced LED systems are expensive. For cinema/inspection/production lighting, you not only want balanced LED's, you NEED them. There is a significant difference between lighting for night-flight and lighting for color accuracy/integrity. If you merely want to be seen at night, by all means...use the bicycle lights. BTW, can't turn on/off/adjust bicycle lights from the ground over bluetooth...another benefit of the LumeCubes.
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