Hey Guys, looking to put some strobes on the wing tips of my jet. I have come across a small circuit that operates two strobes at adjustable rates. The strobe circuit is very similar to that of a disposable camera, it will operate off of a 9 volt battery. I would like to know if there is any possible chance of any type of radio interfrence that could happen. The strobes operates off of high voltage capacitor discharge and I'm sure there is some kind of electrical field momentarily as the discharge shoots to the strobes. Thanks for reading and any info would be appreciated.

Note: a preliminary test on a glow plane (only ground test) shows no glitching.

Goose

Usually EVERYTHING electrical contributes to interference....the more you got, the more likely it will be. I have seen firsthand how something like that has caused a crash. Investigation has shown that using a certain power box, range was limited. Switching on the landing light caused even more losses. Flying was fine, but after lowering the gear and turning on the light, it went out of control and impacted before we even knew what was going on.
I don't know how your specific electronic will react, but put together your entire system and do extensive range tests under flying conditions (worst-case-schenario....all lights and strobes on, control surfaces moving, engines running, various angles). If you're not happy with the results, turn off the components one by one to see what's causing the problems, and remove it.

What exactly is this circuit? Where do you get it from? Price and link? I'm also looking for such a thing, but was planning on using a homemade control box to "talk to" luxeon emitters. I have an excellent source for these...but i definetly want to look into this circuit and strobe.
Best regards
Hank

Try the ones from Andy Low at Electrodynamics...I use his landing lights without an issue, as you have seen Angus. www.electrodynam.com
http://www.electrodynam.com/cgi-loca...7e2+1173955480
is a direct link to the lite system page.

Hi Len, I know yours is brights but I saw a video of a guys jet liner and he was using camera type flash strobes and they looked awesome, I've got a two strobes that are very small, they sit in a 3/4" reflector, they still need some work, I'll bring it next sat.

Any good flying in Mpls. today?

Miniflyer, the circuit is for show car bling bling, its' very light about the weight of a 9 volt battery or less the circuit comes in a box that is a little bulky...about 4cmx4cmx2cm. It has two strobes and needs a little custom finishing to make work.

Angus