Ira,
You said it yourself, you are flying at night without landing lights. When I
asked John Hurst he said: what do you need landing lights for ? If the
runway wasn't lit you wouldn't be landing anyway. I was planning to install
one and did all the wiring, switch and circuit breaker, but I think I will
make do with a powerful flashlight, mounted on top of the instrument module,
powered by batteries.
That way I can also use it after landing when I am looking for a place to
park.
Karl
>From: irampil@notes.cc.sunysb.edu
>Reply-To: europa-list@matronics.com
>To: europa-list@matronics.com
>Subject: Europa-List: Results of Landing Light Survey 2004
>Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 17:14:57 -0500 12/20/2004 05:15:00 PM,
>Serialize complete at 12/20/2004 05:15:00 PM
>
>
>Sad to say,
>
>Nobody responded to say they were actually flying with a landing light
>system they were actually satisfied with
>
>It seems to be general knowledge at this point that the little fog lamps
>sold in auto stores rated at 55w are
>inadequate for landing lights irrespective of where they are installed.
>
>Actual PAR (i.e., GE4509) lamps, automotive high beam (incandescent,
>halogen or best HID-xenon) provide
>adequate focused illumination but run very hot, i.e., above Tg of most of
>our E glass/Aeropoxy structures
>
>I am going to try to remold a nose gear wheel pant to extend it forward to
>fit a standard GE PAR lamp as my winter
>project. I guess I will have to design a metal mounting frame that can
>diffuse and radiate heat. In the NYC metro
>area where I fly, landing lights are usually kept on at low altitudes for
>collision avoidance in the relatively crowded skies.
>Aside from that, I'd love to hear from people with designs they have
>validated with night flight testing.
>
>
>Ira N224XS flying (at night without landing light, just whelan strobes and
>position lights)
>
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