---------------------------------------------------------- RV7-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Tue 01/28/03: 2 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 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) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 03:58:41 PM PST US From: Roger Crandell rv8-list@matronics.com Subject: RV7-List: Re: RV6-List Digest: 0 Msgs - 01/27/03 tests=X_ACCEPT_LANG,REFERENCES version=2.40 --> RV7-List message posted by: Roger Crandell 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 ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 04:50:27 PM PST US From: "Francis, David CMDR" Subject: RV7-List: SEC: UNCLASSIFIED - LANDING LIGHT QUESTION --> RV7-List message posted by: "Francis, David CMDR" 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 --> RV7-List message posted by: Roger Crandell 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.