Greame, Richard
I do not know who was advising from the LAA regarding wingtip strobes but I
think the point has been missed.
Essentially the LAA is not interested in your strobes. What is of concern
are structural changes getting the wiring to the wing tip. So, as I see it,
you need the mod for that. I rewrote this (SM10713) for the LAA back in
April but I have not heard anything since. I have checked the LAA site and
it is not in the Europa list (so I assume it is sitting on Andy's desk). I
will chase it up.
Ian Rickard G-IANI XS Trigear, 300hours
Europa Club Mods Specialist
e-mail g-iani@ntlworld.com
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Sent: 30 September 2011 08:55
Subject: Re: Europa-List: Re: Need an LAA mod for wing tip strobe - really
Graham
We fitted whelan wing tip nav/stobes driven by an Airworld strobe unit into
XS wings on G-GIDY. Unfortunately I don't have the paperwork for the mods
but it is PFA approved. Another of our group - Hugh Carmichael has the PFA
paperwork and I'm sure would be able to quote you the relevant approval
number.
Essentaially the mod involved running nav and stobe wires through the wing
ribs with BID reinforcement of the ribs. A splash molding of the whelan unit
base glassed to the wingtip such that the unit lay flush with the wingtip
skin. BID reinforcement of the wing tip. Wiring brought out through the root
rib to 5 pin connectors.
The Airworld unit is mounted on the rear of the baggage bay bulkhead and
powered through a suitable fuse ands 3 position switch(off/stobes/nav &
stobe).
Regards
Paul
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