(11-Aug-2023, 06:15 PM)LiPoFly Wrote: Basically finished the assembly of FoxWhoop25 (Night Edition), decided to use two LEDs without tilt, lighting angle 60 degrees. It remains to set up the quadcopter well and fly it at dusk and in the dark.

Sorry for late reply, I was on vacation and didn't check in on this thread until now... But that's awesome! I'm not sure what approach I'll be taking with the LEDs on mine. I would like a spot LED titling with the camera but it might be too much hassle. I'll have to see. At least with a 3D printer I can do some experimenting on mounts.

The LED placement is not very good, I will change the LED placement. I decided not to tilt the LEDs because the WA HD Pro camera is very sensitive and needs very little light to show the image, so the wide light spot is suitable for any camera tilt.



I am posting this video so that you can understand the effect of light on the camera lens. You need to prevent unnecessary light from entering the camera lens.

(18-Sep-2023, 02:38 PM)LiPoFly Wrote: You need to prevent unnecessary light from entering the camera lens.

Yeah. I know this from previous tests. In post #15 of this thread you can see a black lens protector. I put it on because the LEDs directly under the camera where ruining the image. The lens did help but I had to move the LEDs back a little.

Today I moved the LEDs back a little so that they would no longer illuminate the lens of my Walksnail Avatar HD Pro night camera mounted on FoxWhoop25. I liked the result, the picture became much better. I made a short boring boring video to show how the camera and backlight work in absolute darkness. I really enjoyed flying at night. The main thing is to fly not high above the ground so that landmarks can be seen. If you go high, then the light no longer illuminates the surface of the ground, and it is difficult to fly in acro mode.
At the end of the flight I turned off backlight to land, but for now I was adjusting the camera tilt,
miscalculated the height a little and fell into a dark wheat field not far from the car.
To find the quadcopter, I simply turned on LEDs, and a large bright spot of light appeared on the field :-)

Very nice, is that snow?! Reminded me of this MCK video I saw recently
https://youtu.be/RJEYI08IDeA?t=1

(22-Sep-2023, 05:38 PM)mstc Wrote: Very nice, is that snow?! (....)

No, it's not snow or rain. Looks like small insects over the field, but I'm not sure. Sitting in the car, I did not see any insects. Riddle... :-) Now I'm happy with my nightly cinewhoop. My next night project will be Rekon35 4S Walksnail Avatar HD Pro and LED light to fly faster and further at night..
This forum thread made me fall in love with night flights, thanks to all participants :-)