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| Subject: | Re: LED Nav Lights |
Hi Robin, I apologize for not following this thread as closely as I
should have.
The lights really look good, I've looked in the archive but can't find
any previous notes regarding the lights you used.
A ebay search came up with 200,000 hits, can you give us some light
descriptions or part numbers to help a brother builder out?
I see on ebay white and red LED lights but no Green. Do you relie on the
green and red mirrored plexi for the colour or are green bulbs
available?
Can you point us in the right direction for the coloured plexi?
Is the second bulb in your installation a strobe? If so are these roll
your own as well?
Thanks in advance, Terry.
----- Original Message -----
From: Robin Marks
To: rv10-list@matronics.com ; rv-list@matronics.com
Sent: Saturday, September 11, 2010 2:03 AM
Subject: RV-List: LED Nav Lights
For some time I have mentioned the =93discount=94 way I was going
about adding LED Nav lights to my RV-8A build. After having spent $220
on my first set of LED=92s for the -10 (which still required
modifications
http://painttheweb.com/painttheweb/rv-10/Lights_LEDHID.aspx ) I decided
to fabricate some Red/Green Nav lights out of Auto parts. The lights
were purchased on eBay for well under $10.00 each. The sockets were
maybe $3.00 each and the Red Green Mirrored plexi was about $8.00
delivered. I think they turned out great. They are definitely brighter
than my -10 Nav lights and many people comment on how noticeable my -10
nav lights are on the ground and in flight.
Here are a few photos of the Nav lights installed. Note these are
older Vans wing tips so we had to cut away the corners and replace them
with aero tips.
Photos here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/marks.robin/RV8AN880EE#
Robin
RV-4 Sold
RV-6A Sold
RV-10 170 Hours
RV-8A Flying by years end (or else!)
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