Why do the Mclaren P1's taillights blink?

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Gabz

“The output of light from an LED is a certain frequency in hertz. Let’s say it’s 30 Hz from the LED and the camera recording it records at a common 24 frames per second. Every few frames recorded by the camera will not be in sync with the light source and thus a “blinking” occurs where the camera caught the LED in between cycles.”

10/28/2014 - 12:41 |
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Mitchell Martin

In reply to by Gabz

i have believed this whole time that it was because the car was in race mode! i dont know too much about supercars do i?!

10/28/2014 - 12:46 |
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🎺🎺thank mr skeltal

In reply to by Gabz

The blink of LED taillights should only be visible in super-slow motion as it appears with a frequency of ~120 Hz. Anything slower would not appear as a steady glow as our eye can see at 60 fps.

10/28/2014 - 13:09 |
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Lucas 2

When you see those lights IRL they don’t blink :)

10/28/2014 - 13:14 |
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