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 Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2011 9:04 pm Post subject: Landing Light...How do you aim them.. |
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Hello Kolbers,
Flying around south central Alaska on a weekend evening is kind of like going to the Mall of America..a lot of traffic.
In addition to Strobes, I am mounting a Kuntzleman Landing-Taxi-Recognition light in each wing outboard of the Strut.
I have talked to a couple PA’s and pilots and so far no one really knows how to aim them. Having the leading edge tube will restrict the possibilities anyway. I would still like to know how the lights should be aimed. Anybody know?
Nick Cassara
Palmer, Alaska
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Richard Pike
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| Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2011 5:58 am Post subject: Re: Landing Light...How do you aim them.. |
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I would aim them forward, but that's just me. (BAD preacher, No! No!)
Ok, sorry, I'll try to behave.
Here are some pictures of the landing lights on the FSII, this was a sort of trial and error thing so that they work for landing and taxi. They are aimed so that they converge on the grass about 40' in front of the airplane when it is sitting in it's normal position. I would assume that would also work as an anti-collision light in flight, with each wing light catching the opposite side with a diverging angle.
Richard Pike
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| Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2011 4:01 am Post subject: Re: Landing Light...How do you aim them.. |
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I just made a deal to get another Firestar II and I plan on using ice maker plastic tubing to be conduit for wires running inside my wings. Is the wing strut connect location the best place for landing Lights. It looks good to me. I will have conduit run for my strobes and position lights as well.
Richard, I have a question for you. Are your wings rib stitched, or did you use rivets like most people use.... Joe
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Richard Pike
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| Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2011 8:16 am Post subject: Re: Landing Light...How do you aim them.. |
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| Carolina Flyer wrote: | I just made a deal to get another Firestar II and I plan on using ice maker plastic tubing to be conduit for wires running inside my wings. Is the wing strut connect location the best place for landing Lights. It looks good to me. I will have conduit run for my strobes and position lights as well.
Richard, I have a question for you. Are your wings rib stitched, or did you use rivets like most people use.... Joe |
On the MKIII it is all rib stitched. On the FSII, one wing is mostlly rib stitched, the other wing is all riveted, because I used the holes from the previous rivets that were already there. And then in some places I used rivets simply because it was hard to get the needle to go there.
I can rib stitch pretty fast, and if you have a friend, it goes real fast and you can yak while you do it, it is pleasant work. With a friend helping rib stitch, you can easily knock out both wings in a morning.
Probably the real reason I prefer to rib stitch; inevitably when drilling holes for the rivets, I will slip and mess up one which buggers up that skinny rib tube, and I hate that. Rib stitching removes that possibility from the equation.
As far as running conduit for the wires - just run the wires inside the wing and at every place they cross a rib, wrap them with tape as an extra cushion and then tie them tightly to the rib or brace with rib stitching cord, they'll do fine.
Not that the ice maker conduit wouldn't work, I wouldn't have the patience to feed the wires through it. Besides, get yourself into the mind set that you will save every ounce you can, because ounces add up. Light Kolbs climb better, and fly faster at lower rpm. Which equals less fuel burn.
Richard Pike
MKIII N420P (420ldPoops)
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