Matt Dralle
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Location: Livermore CA USA
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 Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2013 11:46 am Post subject: RV8-List: Landing/Taxi Light Options |
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At 11:58 AM 4/5/2013 Friday, you wrote:
| Quote: | I would like some feedback on this subject as it is one of the loose ends in planning my electrical system. I have settled on AeroLED for the position lights/strobes, but am having difficulty sorting through all the landing/taxi light options. Plan A would be to use LED lights in the tips, but I am not sure what all will or will not fit there. Although I understand that leading edge lights are an easy installation, I would just prefer not to incur the additional work to do the leading edge cutouts. Another question: Given the landing attitude of the 8, are separate landing and taxi lights required? Seems to me that maybe a combination of the right output and targeting angle could work using single light sources in each tip.
Stan Loer
RV8 QB
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I installed two Duckworks 50w HID lights, one in each wing tip; one angled for Taxi, one for Landing. Installation was straightforward. Brightness of the HID lights is amazing! On final approach, I light the whole runway up! Like landing during the day! I highly recommend the Duckworks product; one in each wing. I've got no question that I'm going to be able to make a safe landing with the amount and position of light I get from the installation. And that's really what its all about.
Here is a detailed installation log on my experience:
<http://www.mykitlog.com/users/display_log.php?user=MattsRV8&project=638&category=2982&log=81622&row=175>http://www.mykitlog.com/users/display_log.php?user=MattsRV8&project=638&category=2982&log=81622&row=175
There are 9 parts to the log, so be sure to click through all of the various pictures and log entries related.
Best,
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Matt Dralle
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