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1. 11:59 AM - Landing/Taxi Light Options ()
2. 12:45 PM - Re: Landing/Taxi Light Options (Matt Dralle)
3. 01:05 PM - AEROLED RFI - was Landing/Taxi Light Options (Carl Froehlich)
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| Subject: | Landing/Taxi Light Options |
I would like some feedback on this subject as it is one of the loose
ends in planning my electrical system. I have settled on AeroLED for
the position lights/strobes, but am having difficulty sorting through
all the landing/taxi light options. Plan A would be to use LED lights
in the tips, but I am not sure what all will or will not fit there.
Although I understand that leading edge lights are an easy installation,
I would just prefer not to incur the additional work to do the leading
edge cutouts. Another question: Given the landing attitude of the
8, are separate landing and taxi lights required? Seems to me that
maybe a combination of the right output and targeting angle could work
using single light sources in each tip.
Stan Loer
RV8 QB
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| Subject: | Re: Landing/Taxi Light Options |
At 11:58 AM 4/5/2013 Friday, you wrote:
>I would like some feedback on this subject as it is one of the loose ends in planning
my electrical system. I have settled on AeroLED for the position lights/strobes,
but am having difficulty sorting through all the landing/taxi light
options. Plan A would be to use LED lights in the tips, but I am not sure what
all will or will not fit there. Although I understand that leading edge lights
are an easy installation, I would just prefer not to incur the additional
work to do the leading edge cutouts. Another question: Given the landing
attitude of the 8, are separate landing and taxi lights required? Seems to
me that maybe a combination of the right output and targeting angle could work
using single light sources in each tip.
>
>Stan Loer
>RV8 QB
I installed two Duckworks 50w HID lights, one in each wing tip; one angled for
Taxi, one for Landing. Installation was straightforward. Brightness of the HID
lights is amazing! On final approach, I light the whole runway up! Like landing
during the day! I highly recommend the Duckworks product; one in each
wing. I've got no question that I'm going to be able to make a safe landing with
the amount and position of light I get from the installation. And that's
really what its all about.
Here is a detailed installation log on my experience:
<http://www.mykitlog.com/users/display_log.php?user=MattsRV8&project=638&category=2982&log=81622&row=175>http://www.mykitlog.com/users/display_log.php?user=MattsRV8&project=638&category=2982&log=81622&row=175
There are 9 parts to the log, so be sure to click through all of the various pictures
and log entries related.
Best,
-
Matt Dralle
RV-8 #82880 N998RV "Ruby Vixen"
http://www.mattsrv8.com - Matt's Complete RV-8 Construction Log
http://www.mattsrv8.com/Mishap - Landing Mishap Rebuild Log
http://www.youtube.com/MattsRV8 - Matt's RV-8 HDTV YouTube Channel
Status: 172+ Hours TTSN - Rebuilding Fuselage After Landing Mishap...
RV-6 #20916 N360EM "The Flyer"
http://www.mattsrv6.com - Matt's RV-6 Revitalization Log
Status: 120+ Hours Since Purchase - Upgrades Complete; Now In Full Flyer Mode
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| Subject: | Landing/Taxi Light Options |
On the AeroLED choice, I found the wingtip NAV/Strobe units create a lot of
RFI, the nav light much more than the strobe. Dean Wilkinson at AeroLED was
helpful however, and provided recommendations on how to limit the
interference. Bottom line:
. Use three conductor, 20 gauge shielded wire, the shield grounded
to the airframe at both ends of the run.
. At the unit itself, install a aluminum plate on the inside of the
wingtip - the plate is held in via the AeroLED mounting screws.
. Connect the unit's black ground wire to this plate - and then the
electric ground from your three conductor shielded lead to the same point.
The objective is to make the black ground wire on the AEROLED electrically
connected to the unit case with as short a lead as possible. The case
electrically connects to the aluminum backing plate via the mounting screws.
Don't just ground at the mounting screw without the aluminum plate - I tried
this and it did not work.
After doing all this I eliminated the noise to a point where it is no longer
a problem in the radios. I do however have my nav antenna in the wingtip.
With the nav LED on, I do hear the interference but it is not bad. I
mounted the wingtip nav antenna as far aft in the wingtip as possible. I
still hear VORs out 90+ miles so I'm good. Considering I don't use VORs for
much of anything this really has no practical impact.
Below is the photo Dean sent me of what one of his customer did (I recommend
a bigger backing plate however). I attached a photo of what I did.
BTW - the units themselves work very well. This is still a much better way
to go over the old incandescent lights and strobe tubes.
Carl
RV-8A (700 hrs)
RV-10 (70 hrs)
http://imageshack.us/a/img713/2052/img2180t.jpg
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Sent: Friday, April 05, 2013 2:59 PM
Subject: RV8-List: Landing/Taxi Light Options
I would like some feedback on this subject as it is one of the loose ends in
planning my electrical system. I have settled on AeroLED for the position
lights/strobes, but am having difficulty sorting through all the
landing/taxi light options. Plan A would be to use LED lights in the tips,
but I am not sure what all will or will not fit there. Although I
understand that leading edge lights are an easy installation, I would just
prefer not to incur the additional work to do the leading edge cutouts.
Another question: Given the landing attitude of the 8, are separate
landing and taxi lights required? Seems to me that maybe a combination of
the right output and targeting angle could work using single light sources
in each tip.
Stan Loer
RV8 QB
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