On Tuesday, December 13, 2016 at 2:40:21 AM UTC-5, son_of_flubber wrote:
On Tuesday, December 13, 2016 at 2:52:30 PM UTC+13, Steve L wrote:
Is there a small streamlined self contained ( 9 volt or AA battery powered) strobe out there on the market that is about the size of a wingtip running light?
Thanks, Steve

I've toyed with the idea of mounting a straight_ahead and straight_ behind strobes borrowed from the bicycle market (on Experimental Airworthiness glider). Their performance is incredible for the cost. I've seen bikes flashing strobes coming at me in sunlight conditions from considerable distances so I think these would have value especially when flying under the shadow of a cloud street.

http://www.bikeradar.com/gear/articl...cycling-32289/

Aveo makes some more expensive LED lights specifically for aircraft. They're not self contained. I thought the Red Barron Mini might look good on my turtledeck where wiring is pretty easy.
http://www.aveoengineering.com/redbaron-mini/

They market a wingtip light specifically for gliders http://www.aveoengineering.com/gliderburst/

I think that the highest threat is head-on; I've been thinking of putting these on my glider: http://www.how2soar.de/index.php/led...d-rechenknecht ; Link's in German but I think the idea is clear (or use google translate). You can hook it to one of these: http://www.lxnav.com/accessories/flarm-acl.html that runs the strobe when there is a FLARM alert. The tail strobe on AS gliders is a great idea and should be more widely adopted, in my opinion.