Rotating beacon without that awful clickybuzzy?

[Overland]

I use rotating beacon lights on alot of my creations..because really who doesnt like an oldskool rotating light

Problem is.. The motor noise of the pivot turning is horrid and loud, sometimes louder than an engine at idle

Is there anyway to do it without using the pivot motor?

[dergerch]

+1 to that
I'd like to see a "self contained" rotating beacon. Besides the noise (it would be nice if it could be disabled/ wouldn't be as noisy with basically no load), it's also the looks that bother me (a velocity pivot + small spotlight attached does use quite a lot of space for what is is).

[Overland]

I found that having motor power set to 1-3% reduces the sound quite alot, and despite how youd think it wouldnt work, you can actually bury a compact velocity pivot so its flush with say a roof, and just have the spotlight showing, it turns fine and doesnt look too silly really :)

My landtrain has been the latest victim of such a thing, its not as bad as it could be but we definately need one :)

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2073220817 Orange light in the corner on the roof

[dergerch]

Ah ok - I always assumed it wouldn't work and set it down in a "crater" of wedges:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2075075431
The sound is still quite noticeable with reduced power (I figured that the pivots might use less power with power turned down - I did't test that theory yet, though)

[Ra-Ra-Rasputin]

Yeah, i have to say it's quite weird when the actual electric motors are dead silent, but a tiny little velocity pivot makes a racket.

[The Mole]

Believe it or not the robotic/velocity pivots sound rather close to their real life counterparts but being much quieter in game.