PatPux Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 This looks like the right place for visibility, but is it going to be in just the right place for snagging the lines in a reverse launch. What's the advice for the right place to mount? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george1966 Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 It has to be mounted on your helmet surely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatPux Posted January 24, 2014 Author Share Posted January 24, 2014 No, surely not. You're having a giraffe!!! I'm not having an HV line running up my neck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richfromwilts Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Looks a bit diy bud. Just lacking the sellotape to finish it off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 It looks secure. The wire over the top seems a little naff though.... Have you put that there to guide the lines over it? If so, in that position you will find that with forward launches it will give you no problems at all. During a reverse however.... your lines may get snagged when you turn around and I am not sure that adding a wire is a good enough solution. I have spent hours and hours trying to work out a decent place for the strobe on a Macro and the best place I came up with was having the strobe body, (inside) your airbox. A bit of careful cutting and a glue gun and its job done. No you don't get the the same light 'exposure' but its as good as it gets and offer no problems with lines and so on IMO. SW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatPux Posted February 1, 2014 Author Share Posted February 1, 2014 Thanks for that advice, all makes sense. Couldn't think of anything neater/lighter than a piece of stainless wire.maybe a piece of flexible Perspex rod , which would show up less Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan_k Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 Easy answer Pat, mount it upside down so it doesn't protrude above the cage. The visibility straight up is compromised but the wing does that anyway. My strobe is above the cage at the top but the only time I snag lines is when the launch has gone tits up anyway Apart from when I snapped two lines because I wasn't on the kill switch quick enough and a few lines got wound around the prop, silly mistake, we all make them. Cheers, Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanP23 Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 I know this thread is a year old, but now i have my first paramotor and an identical strobe left over from my Microlight i sold i would like to fit it. I would be interested in seeing how to mount it and the final solution. If you can take a photo and some info that would be great. cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulg18 Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 I have been thinking about getting one of these strobes for a while now, and would like to know what type of battery you use Pat, also is it connected so that it charges off the engine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 If you do end up with a Micro Avionics one make sure you tell Eddie that its going on a Paramotor. Mine popped a few times and after a while he did something to the guts of it to stop it going pop again.. (it was a vibration issue) SW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan_k Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Good call Simon, it's probably a dollop of hot melt glue on some of the larger components Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatPux Posted February 15, 2015 Author Share Posted February 15, 2015 I have been thinking about getting one of these strobes for a while now, and would like to know what type of battery you use Pat, also is it connected so that it charges off the engine. 3S Lipo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatPux Posted February 15, 2015 Author Share Posted February 15, 2015 I have been thinking about getting one of these strobes for a while now, and would like to know what type of battery you use Pat, also is it connected so that it charges off the engine. 3S Lipo sorry missed the second bit, no, it doesn't charge off the engine , it only draws 600mA, IIRC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatPux Posted July 11, 2015 Author Share Posted July 11, 2015 Giving this an update, having actually had a need to use it, on a very overcast evening in Cornwall. And by chance GeoffW was down here and walking back from the pub and reported that its what made him notice me flying at more than a mile distant, so it's going some way to do the job. In addition I fitted the side "repeaters" as described elsewhere on here by AlanK, viewtopic.php?p=68791#p68791 Geoff said these were clearly visible too. Finally, however Heath Robinson you think the wire over the strobe looks, I can report it is completely effective in ensuring the lines ride over it during reverse launches. I think that is due to the wire ends being bound onto the underside of the cage member, giving a completely smooth surface/transition should the lines go there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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