Claypaky Skylos All-Weather IP66 Laser-Powered Searchlight Moving Head

Claypaky Skylos Overview

Go beyond the legacy of classic searchlights with the Claypaky Skylos, a compact IP66-rated moving head that s ideal for every environment and field of use, from touring and large events to theme parks and fixed installations. With its unique optical and chromatic characteristics, Skylos makes use of a tailor-made 300W white laser source that s reliable, safe, and fully sealed. With an IP66 rating, the Skylos features marine-grade C5-M protection from the elements and it is fitted with a fan to eliminate condensation from the front lens for consistent output and beam performance.

Designed for versatility, Skylos offers features well beyond a simple searchlight scanner, including a slot for customizable gobos and a battery of prisms. One wheel features a rotating six-sided prism and a rotating five-sided linear prism, while a second level offers a fixed 4-sided prism, which can be superimposed on the other two to achieve a breath-taking Moonflower effect and many other fantastic never-seen-before mid-air effects. Laser technology adds outstanding optical contrast, making all light projections razor-sharp. Other features include a 15-color wheel with color filters designed to preserve and optimize the high brightness of the light beam, a 5° frost filter for a soft edge effect, which can be used in various applications, a 24-bit digital dimmer, and a digital stop-strobe effect.

The front panel features an LCD display and a 5-button menu system, while the rear panel provides connections for 5-pin DMX I/O, powerCON I/O, and EtherCON. The fixture supports Art-Net, RDM, sACN, and DMX (20 channels). The Skylos includes two Omega mounting brackets and a powerCON power cord.

At a Glance

• Light source: custom 300W white laser engine
• Output: > 250 Mil cd
• 11.8" diameter front lens, consisting of high quality, tempered glass lenses
• Perfect beam collimation and uniformity
• 0.5 to 5° (10:1) linear edge
• 15-color wheel
• One slot for custom fixed gobo
• Rotating 6-sided + 5-sided linear prisms on a wheel
• Fixed 4-sided prism on a second layer, which overlaps with the other two in order to create a Moonflower effect
• 5° frost filter
• 24-bit digital dimmer
• Digital stop-strobe effect
• Control protocol: DMX, Art-Net, RDM, sACN
• CloudIO ready: fully compatible with CloudIO
• IP66 and marine grade protection rating
• Internal heating system (-40 to +113° F working temperature)

Marine Grade Protection

The fixture is designed to withstand some of the harshest conditions, offering marine-grade protection from the elements and it is fitted with a fan to eliminate condensation from the front lens for consistent output and beam performance.

High Energy Efficiency

Its power consumption and luminous efficacy are excellent. With a power consumption of only 600W, the Skylos has the same light output as a 4000W Xenon lamp.

Full Beam with No Hot Spots

A special patent-pending design optical system turns the laser-emitted light into a solid, dense, saturated light beam without any visible hotspots. The beam aperture ranges from 0.5 to 5°

Safe Sealed Laser Module

The laser unit is housed in a safe, sealed module, which is not accessible to users. This module produces a beam of light with incredible optical characteristics: bright, perfectly collimated, uniformly mixed, and evenly distributed across its section. Unlike some discharge lamp fixtures, its beam comes with a negligible amount of heat, so there is no risk of heating up scenery and objects.

Long-Lasting Source without Decay

The laser source lasts for approximately 30,000 hours with minimal decay in luminous efficacy. This is a significant technology improvement, which results in an excellent ROI for rental companies.