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Without the Cubes you could only get a BETTER Picture, or at least the same Picture...
Contrary to what some pseudo-photographers think, flash or contínuos source of light, most times must not be used outside at night, unless in special conditions or if a special efect is to be obtained:
like freezing someone or something at close range, against the background (and camera must be manualy set to capture de background light, so in more or less long, steady, exposition),
or manualy multi flashing various angles of a buiding or anything from a tripod (1 photo with iris open or remote multi snaps from the same position to process in Photoshop).
These are just exemples.
Light comming from the camera, at night, most times induces exposition errors or completly ruins an otherwise good shot... specialy if you do not manualy set at least aperture, shutter speed and iso.
Flashes (and reflectors if possible) are specialy usefull outdoor during the day !! To cut hard shadows...
In what concerns to drones, first of all flying at night is forbiden in most countries... in fact using lights at night is the best way to get spoted and folowed home...
This said, any kind of light in a drone serves solely to the controller keep sight of it, yes: during the day; and to that purpose must be seen from any angle.
I doubt this can be obtained with lume cubes in their actual configuration, because they are focused, directional lights (although very bright, I agree)
But their use in drones, is just a forced adaptation to obtain some quota in the market. Maybe with 4 of them... pointing front, back, left and right... but then they're too heavy... and expensive...
BTW: Lume cubes may have some nich usage in photography or vídeo, but IMHO, in most situations the same can be obtained with conventional and multy capable other sources of light. Not to say they are way too expensive... to a fancy led Flashlight torch.