On Mon, 29 Apr 1996, John Bampfylde wrote:
> Has anyone out there managed to find a good strobe/fuselage 'light' to make
> Europas more visible? Aircraft Spruce catalogues have dozens of strobes for
> wings, fins etc, but no obvious choice. Also, is on top between cockpit and
> fin a good location for it?
>
>
Not a bad location if you want to make the a/c more visible in
the daytime--but *horrible* at night as you'll be blinded once per second
by the reflection from the wings, not to mention a "frozen" prop blade
appearing before you on each flash.
Best way to go if you can afford the pounds (both weight and
money) is dual wingtip strobes: 360-degree visibility to all comers, but
no "backflash" to bother you. I'm planning along those lines and intend
to install an appropriate length of *thinwall* plastic pipe (shouldn't
weigh more than a pound or so per wing, max) as a conduit for nav and
strobe light wiring. Note that Hoskins makes a nice little wingtip unit
incorporating a nav light, a strobe, and a white rear light--at least
here in the USA this is a legal replacement for a white tail light, thus
precluding the need to install one in the rudder and change the mass balance.
Peter Lert
US #38 (I think...just got the tail!)
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