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Aveo Picomax Drone Beacon Strobe Light
Overview
| This is Aveo's ultimate small drone strobe light, PicoMax, a cousin of its highly successful MicroMaxTM defense industry strobe for UAVs. Battery operated with DC adapter recharging, the PicoMax will strobe for longer than your drone flies on its charge. Exceeding the 2 nautical mile standard, the PicoMax actually surpasses 3 nm, and due to its proprietary Aveo firmware and circuitry it offers the brightest and fully airworthy tested features for the serious drone operator. PicoMax comes in either red or white strobe color. |
Features
- Microcontroller drive
- Pushbutton ON/OFF
- Auto OFF when full discharge
- Signal LED for battery charge status
- Charge status (one blink 100%-40%, two blink 40%-20%, four blink 20%-0%)
- Signal LED for charging status (ON when charging, OFF when full charge)
- Micro USB Charging
- Synchronization input
- RF control input - for ON/OFF
- External battery via USB
Specifications
- Dimensions (mm): 20 mm x 36 mm
- Dimensions (inches): 0.79“ x 1.42“
- Weight with battery (g): 13 g
- Weight with battery (oz): 0.46 oz
- Input Voltage: 3 – 4,2V (Li-Ion – 80 mAh)
- Output Power: approx. 3,5W Peak
- Battery Time: approx. 60 min
- Charging time via USB (90mA charging current): approx. 60 min
- Repetition Rate of Strobe: 50ms ON, 50ms OFF, 50ms ON, 850ms OFF
- Ambient Temperature: from -20°C to +65°C / from -4°F to +149°F
- Overheat Protection: YES (+70°C)
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Reviews
The Aveo Picomax Drone Beacon is amazingly bright. I installed the light on our sUAS to meet the 107 requirement for the Daytime Operation Waiver. It gives the sUAS a massive footprint for manned aircraft to be able to identify it at night. Very light in weight and small enough to install on most sUAS applications. Nice work!
As advertised, this strobe will provide an over 3 mile visibility range at night and fits atop my Yuneec H520 with minimum weight.
We at Drone U tested this out to 3SM, and it works great. This is the best anti collision beacon the market in my opinion.
Aircraft Spruce has super fast shipping and very nice web interface. On the Aveo Picomax. Over all a great little light for my P4P. Pros. Well built and super bright. Very light should not even be noticeable to drone flight. Cons. Could use some improved operating and instruction information. Green light on = Charging? Would it be so difficult to include some mounting hardware. Recommended round hook and loop material (Velcro pad)? Obviously double sided tape is not a good idea because charging it would require sitting the drone out also. And it not needed unless its dark.
Battery life is less than 45 minutes of constant use. Very poor.
Q&A
Please note, Aircraft Spruce Australia's personnel are not certified aircraft mechanics and can only provide general support and ideas, which should not be relied upon or implemented in lieu of consulting an A&P or other qualified technician. Aircraft Spruce Australia assumes no responsibility or liability for any issue or problem which may arise from any repair, modification or other work done from this knowledge base. Any product eligibility information provided here is based on general application guides and we recommend always referring to your specific aircraft parts manual, the parts manufacturer or consulting with a qualified mechanic.
Per Aveo: We do not measure the lights in Lumens. This recognition light can be seen beyond 3 nautical miles. The requirement is two nautical miles.
