Yearly Archives: 2015

Some quick demo videos

Alas, my camera just can’t cope with the brightness changes, or keep up with the flashes!

The strobes are actually set for four flashes each time.

The Benchmark

Thanks must go out to a blogger for publishing his thorough analysis of a certified LED strobe product from a big name company.  He verified our thoughts that there were also some other products out there that weren’t even bright enough to put on the back of a bicycle these days, let alone an aeroplane.

The figures he derived from this analysis became the minimum goals for light output for our product.

Welcome to Flyleds!

Hi.  My name is Paul, and welcome to Flyleds!

I’ve spent the last few years helping a friend to build his Van’s RV-10.  He wanted to use LEDs for the strobes and position lights.

The design brief from him was pretty simple: “I want to be seen!”

The target light output was to be the same as or better than a certified LED product, as seen fitted to a Cessna Citation business jet.

I set about researching other designs and products, and after picking myself up off the floor upon seeing the prices, I came up with this design.

The prototypes have flown for more than 100 hours.  After getting several requests for a set of lights from other owners, I’ve sourced the parts in bulk, had quality custom boards made, and ordered a factory run of LEDs.

So now you can have a set too!