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rparigor(at)suffolk.lib.n Guest
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Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 9:57 am Post subject: Retractable Landing light or LED |
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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 Guest
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Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 10:27 am Post subject: Retractable Landing light or LED |
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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:
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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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gregoryf.flyboy(at)comcas Guest
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Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 6:33 pm Post subject: Retractable Landing light or LED |
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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 Guest
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Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 8:07 pm Post subject: Retractable Landing light or LED |
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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.
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
Subject: Re: Retractable Landing light or LED
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This is one of the new gas lights.
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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 Guest
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Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 1:25 am Post subject: Retractable Landing light or LED |
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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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Brian Davies
Joined: 10 Jan 2006 Posts: 124 Location: uk
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Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 7:36 am Post subject: Retractable Landing light or LED |
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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
Betreff: Re: 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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