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rparigor(at)suffolk.lib.n
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Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 9:57 am Post subject: Retractable Landing light or LED

Has anyone tried a retractable Landing light or LED?



Details please.



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Thinking pretty hard about mounting our hockey puck sized Kunzleman LED on

the forward portion of the outrigger OR1 (the recepticle for OR2 outrigger

rod).



When LED is retracted, we will add to outrigger fairing an LED well (LED

lead edge fairing) where it will be very similar to the outrigger wheel

fairing, somewhat aerodynamic lead edge shape with aft section opened.



Can think of it as an outrigger wheel positioned 90 degrees compared to

the outrigger wheel at the tip of OR2 (outrigger rod).



Install will be easy, turn around bolt that mounts OR2 to OR1 and screw it

into a small piece of copper that will be mounted to the heat sink I will

turn out of 6061 aluminium. The reason for the copper is it will be used

for the aiming adjustment. Will first try a piece of the .500" wide, .125"

thick copper alloy 110 I have laying around.



Unlike old timer IBM typewriter repairmen (like my late Dad) who cringe at

bending linkages to make a criticle adjustments, I am going the Olivetti

or Royal typewriter route, where you make many adjustments by bending.



LED should be in tomorrow, will see if it can be used for both Landing and

Taxi with one adjustment. Beam spread is 24 degrees.



Ron Parigoris

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jeff(at)rmmm.net
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Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 10:27 am Post subject: Retractable Landing light or LED

I meant to send this the last time this thread was up but didn't have 

time. Us folks in the advertising world seem to be working twice as 

hard for half the money these days.

Anyway, here is a shot of the front of Gold Rush. Just in case one of 

you might want to take the simple way out of the landing light issue. 

This is one of the new gas lights.  At first I thought it interfered 

with the cooling but after some testing with used oil runs the light 

wasn't the cause. It ended up being some bad connectors for my 

stratomaster engine monitor.



Regards,



Jeff R.

A258 - N128LJ / Gold Rush 170 hours but the runway is too soggy to fly 

right now. I think the droughts over here in mid Tennessee!





On Jan 13, 2009, at 11:43 AM, rparigor(at)suffolk.lib.ny.us wrote:



 	  Quote: 	
		   



 Has anyone tried a retractable Landing light or LED?



 Details please.



 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



 Thinking pretty hard about mounting our hockey puck sized Kunzleman 

 LED on

 the forward portion of the outrigger OR1 (the recepticle for OR2 

 outrigger

 rod).



 When LED is retracted, we will add to outrigger fairing an LED well 

 (LED

 lead edge fairing) where it will be very similar to the outrigger wheel

 fairing, somewhat aerodynamic lead edge shape with aft section opened.



 Can think of it as an outrigger wheel positioned 90 degrees compared to

 the outrigger wheel at the tip of OR2 (outrigger rod).



 Install will be easy, turn around bolt that mounts OR2 to OR1 and 

 screw it

 into a small piece of copper that will be mounted to the heat sink I 

 will

 turn out of 6061 aluminium. The reason for the copper is it will be 

 used

 for the aiming adjustment. Will first try a piece of the .500" wide, 

 .125"

 thick copper alloy 110 I have laying around.



 Unlike old timer IBM typewriter repairmen (like my late Dad) who 

 cringe at

 bending linkages to make a criticle adjustments, I am going the 

 Olivetti

 or Royal typewriter route, where you make many adjustments by bending.



 LED should be in tomorrow, will see if it can be used for both Landing 

 and

 Taxi with one adjustment. Beam spread is 24 degrees.



 Ron Parigoris

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craigb(at)onthenet.com.au
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Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 11:59 am Post subject: Retractable Landing light or LED

Gee a "gas" light hu who gets the job of climbing out front to light the

thing for landing 

but seriously I take it you are referring to a HID xenon bulb.



craig



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gregoryf.flyboy(at)comcas
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Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 6:33 pm Post subject: Retractable Landing light or LED

Yes, 

does that landing light run off of kerosene, propane or natural gas???? #)



Jeff- nice light installation. It looks as if it was always there. Those HID

lights put out quite a beam.



I have plans to use the same engine monitor. Were those bad connectors on

the unit itself, or were they some that you put in?



Regards,

Greg




Gee a "gas" light hu who gets the job of climbing out front to light the

thing for landing 

but seriously I take it you are referring to a HID xenon bulb.



craig



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jeff(at)rmmm.net
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Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 8:07 pm Post subject: Retractable Landing light or LED

HI Greg,

They we're from my cheep selection. Lows etc. Anyway I like the monitor 

and I'm sure the newer ones are better. I had one of the first.

The light runs on propane by the way. Those tanks are heavy;o)



Jeff R.

A258 - N128LJ / Gold Rush 170 hours and climbing slowly.

On Jan 13, 2009, at 8:29 PM, Greg Fuchs wrote:



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 <gregoryf.flyboy(at)comcast.net>



 Yes,

 does that landing light run off of kerosene, propane or natural 

 gas???? #)



 Jeff- nice light installation. It looks as if it was always there. 

 Those HID

 lights put out quite a beam.



 I have plans to use the same engine monitor. Were those bad connectors 

 on

 the unit itself, or were they some that you put in?



 Regards,

 Greg

 

 <craigb(at)onthenet.com.au>



 Gee a "gas" light hu who gets the job of climbing out front to light 

 the

 thing for landing 

 but seriously I take it you are referring to a HID xenon bulb.



 craig



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 .

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 This is one of the new gas lights.



 .

 .

 .

 Regards,



 Jeff R.

 A258 - N128LJ / Gold Rush 170 hours but the runway is too soggy to fly

 right now. I think the droughts over here in mid Tennessee!

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raimo.toivio(at)rwm.fi
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Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 1:25 am Post subject: Retractable Landing light or LED

Jeff,



is it so that folks in the advertising world trust more new gas lights? Me too.

I have two Hella Xenons, port-side-one is a taxilight and middle one is for landing.

I have been very happy with them.



Leds are brilliant but there are some problems like heat which is poison for them.

Anyway - I am plannnig to update my navlights to leds.

I have now Whelen made ordinary glow bulb navlights w/o strobos.

They are OK but they draw totally 98 watts and that is laughable with Rotax altenator

because like to use them all time flying.



Wishes, Raimo

OH-XRT 98hrs20min

Finland

www.rwm.fi



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grahamsingleton(at)btinte
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Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 2:00 am Post subject: Retractable Landing light or LED

JEFF ROBERTS wrote:

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 HI Greg,

 They we're from my cheep selection. Lows etc. Anyway I like the 

 monitor and I'm sure the newer ones are better. I had one of the first.

 The light runs on propane by the way. Those tanks are heavy;o)



 Jeff R.

Hi Jeff
	


Propane eh? I had guess on carbide  /acetylene

Graham

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Brian Davies

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 124
Location: uk

Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 7:36 am Post subject: Retractable Landing light or LED

Hi Bruno,

  

 I noticed in one of your pictures another Monowheel  with an undercarriage leg full of lightening holes.  Can you tell us  more about it?

  

 Regards

  

 Brian Davies kit 454



   From: owner-europa-list-server(at)matronics.com  [mailto:owner-europa-list-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of  UVTReith

Sent: 14 January 2009 14:40

To:  europa-list(at)matronics.com

Subject: AW: Retractable  Landing light or LED

 

  

Raimo and others  interested in LED lights 

  

I have installed LED  Wing Lights from CreativAir.com with covers from Fred Klein and I am using  Luxeon LED from Periheliondesign.com in an old Wheelen  Housing. 

  

Best  Regards, 

Bruno 

  

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Von:  owner-europa-list-server(at)matronics.com  [mailto:owner-europa-list-server(at)matronics.com] Im Auftrag von Raimo  Toivio

Gesendet: Mittwoch, 14. Januar 2009 10:26

An: europa-list(at)matronics.com

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Jeff, 

  

is it so that folks in the advertising world trust more  new gas lights? Me too. 

I have two Hella Xenons, port-side-one is a taxilight  and middle one is for landing. 

I have been very happy with  them. 

  

Leds are brilliant but there are some problems like heat  which is poison for them. 

Anyway - I am plannnig to update my navlights to  leds. 

I have now Whelen made ordinary glow bulb navlights w/o  strobos. 

They are OK but they draw totally 98 watts and that is  laughable with Rotax altenator 

because like to use them all time  flying. 

  

Wishes, Raimo 

OH-XRT 98hrs20min 

Finland 

www.rwm.fi 

  

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