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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