The idea here is simple and bold: put a spotlight bright enough to light up the ground underneath a 10-inch multicopter and take it out at night to see what it can do. This was the first test flight for the 8S 10-inch build carrying the light, and as a first shakedown it makes for a striking debut.
The craft runs on an 8S battery with 10-inch propellers, and the payload is a light rated at a stated 25,000 lumens. The module itself is a 150W air unit from the Stratus LED website, mounted so it faces downward and throws a focused cone of light toward the ground. That combination of a big airframe, high-voltage packs and a serious lighting payload is what stands out to me about how the build came together.
The test took place at night over a commercial parking lot. The operator flew across different altitudes and positions over the lot, which seems like a sensible way to learn how the illumination behaves as the craft moves. A person on the ground wore FPV goggles and held a handheld radio transmitter while flying. Parked vehicles and lighted commercial buildings were visible in the background of the scene.
Two things stay open for me. Flying over a lot with cars parked around it, at night, with a beam that bright pointing down, reads as a risky site choice in my opinion, even though the flight clearly demonstrated the aerial illumination capability. And the maker has said a future video with sound is planned, because it sounds crazy, so the full experience is still to come.