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1. 03:58 PM - Re: RV6-List Digest: 0 Msgs - 01/27/03 (Roger Crandell)
2. 04:50 PM - SEC: UNCLASSIFIED - LANDING LIGHT QUESTION (Francis, David CMDR)
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| Subject: | Re: RV6-List Digest: 0 Msgs - 01/27/03 |
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--> RV7-List message posted by: Roger Crandell <rwc@swcp.com>
Do the landing lights recessed into the sheared fiberglass wing tips
provide equivalent lighting compared to the lights mounted in the
leading edge of an RV6 or any RV for that matter? From a night visibility
standpoint, if I choose the
leading edge to mount the lights, does it matter if you place them just
outboard of the fuel tanks or out next the the wing tip? It would be easier to
install
at the wing tip.
Thanks
Roger Crandell
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| Subject: | SEC: UNCLASSIFIED - LANDING LIGHT QUESTION |
--> RV7-List message posted by: "Francis, David CMDR" <David.Francis@defence.gov.au>
Roger,
There are a number of considerations in choosing where to fit your landing
lights.
a. if you are at some stage going to fit the tip tanks, its best to
have the lights in the leading edge. This simplifies the tank and makes sure
your don't lose any fuel capacity from the tip tanks.
b. Installing the light in the last bay just inboard of the provides
good access to the light fitting and its wires via removing the tip and
reaching in the end of the wing. Although this is not much different from
removing the tip to access the light if in the tip.
c. An installation further inboard from the tip has quite poor access
for maintenance.
d. You can maximise the illumination by two steps. Have a white or
naked aluminium colour on the inside of the light bay to maximise reflected
light going forward, and do not install the glass light lens that comes with
the kit, just have the leading edge transparency only. The glass lens has
surprising light losses, even though it is transparent.
e. The worst place to install a landing light is in the engine cowling
- vibration, heat and spilled oil are enemies of long life.
Regards, David Francis, VH-ZEE,
Email: David.Francis@defence.gov.au <mailto:David.Francis@defence.gov.au>
--> RV7-List message posted by: Roger Crandell
<rwc@swcp.com>
Do the landing lights recessed into the sheared fiberglass
wing tips
provide equivalent lighting compared to the lights mounted
in the
leading edge of an RV6 or any RV for that matter? From a
night visibility
standpoint, if I choose the
leading edge to mount the lights, does it matter if you
place them just
outboard of the fuel tanks or out next the the wing tip? It
would be easier to
install
at the wing tip.
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