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| Subject: | Re: AVEO Powerburst LED Lights |
Those look great Galin !!
Bill Schertz
KIS Cruiser #4045
N343BS
Phase one testing Completed
From: Galin Hernandez
Sent: Friday, June 03, 2011 8:01 PM
Subject: KIS-List: AVEO Powerburst LED Lights
I completed the installation of AVEO Powerburst LED combination
Position/Strobe lights replacing the old WHELEN lights. I deceided to
change them since the AVEO lights are so much smaller in size, draw only
a fraction of the current, have a MTBW exceeding my lifetime and have no
interference issues like regular strobes. The mounting pattern is very
different so I had to patch the old holes, re drill the new pattern then
paint the tips. I used a 6 wire exterior trailer hitch electrical
coupler ($3.99 at O'Reilly's) and used only 4 of the wires so now I have
2 spares.
The units look great and are extremely bright. Gives the wingtips a
clean sleek look.
Galin
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| Subject: | Re: AVEO Powerburst LED Lights |
Boy that is a "loaded" question.
When I installed them a few years ago they created a decent discussion about
their use on this forum. I did some flight testing and could not find any
"significant" increase of performance. I would have to dig up my numbers for
exact details but I think I showed an increase of about 1-2 kts in cruise
speed and a reduction of about the same in stall. BUT, these numbers can
easily be attributed to the not so exact measuring instruments I have in the
airplane. This is probably due to the "low" airspeeds this airplane operates
at compared to the 400+ kts jets fly at. There are some very specific
opinions about this issue here and it is important to listen to them.
In other words I really did not prove these wingtips do anything, positive
or negative, to the performance of the airplane. However, in my opinion,
they accent the airplane's beautiful lines and look so cool I kept them on
instead of the original wingtips.
We create quite a buzz everywhere we fly into. After we land it normally
takes us around 45 minutes before we can walk away from the airplane just
answering questions about the airplane and the wingtips. When we landed at
Sun-N-Fun this year it took us over 1hr before we could walk away, It took
almost the same time when we were going to leave that afternoon because of
how many persons were surrounding the airplane asking questions.. We have
been invited to several fly-ins in to have our airplane on display to
attract others.
Like I said before I am pleased with how they perform and think they look SO
COOL!
Galin
On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 9:32 PM, Peter Duran <pfdwind@live.com> wrote:
> Nice "wing lets" Do they offer any additional stability or are they just
> for looks good looks?
>
> Pete.
>
> ------------------------------
> From: galinhdz@gmail.com
> Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2011 20:01:15 -0500
> Subject: KIS-List: AVEO Powerburst LED Lights
> To: kis-list@matronics.com
>
>
> I completed the installation of AVEO Powerburst LED combination
> Position/Strobe lights replacing the old WHELEN lights. I deceided to change
> them since the AVEO lights are so much smaller in size, draw only a fraction
> of the current, have a MTBW exceeding my lifetime and have no interference
> issues like regular strobes. The mounting pattern is very different so I had
> to patch the old holes, re drill the new pattern then paint the tips. I used
> a 6 wire exterior trailer hitch electrical coupler ($3.99 at O'Reilly's) and
> used only 4 of the wires so now I have 2 spares.
>
> The units look great and are extremely bright. Gives the wingtips a clean
> sleek look.
>
> Galin
>
> [image: Installed Light - Outside View.jpg]
> AVEO Powerburst LED Navigation/Position/Strobe combo
>
> [image: WHELEN Hole glassed in.jpg]
> Old WHELEN mounting holes
>
> [image: Square Hole.jpg]
> New AVEO mounting pattern with square hole for new connector
>
> [image: 6 Connector Plug.jpg]
> 6 wire exterior trailer hitch connector
>
> [image: Green Light On.jpg]
> Green navigation and white position light
>
> [image: Red Light On.jpg]
> Red navigation and white position light
>
> [image: Red with Strobe On.jpg]
> Stobe flashing. Both strobes are synchronized
>
> [image: Instal Completed.jpg]
> Completed Instalation
>
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