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steve.freeman(at)syntaxds
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 Posted: Thu Dec 19, 2013 5:31 pm Post subject: Aiming Taxi and Landing lights |
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Hi Guys,
I am at the 90% done, 90% to go stage. I have installed the ZAC supplied landing light option in both wings so I have a total of four bulbs, two each taxi and landing on outboard area of left/right wings.
Do any of you guys have suggestions for how (and at what focal point in front of plane) to properly aim the beams?
Any help and/or suggestions are very much appreciated.
Steve Freeman
CH650B
Lycoming 0-235-N2C
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From: owner-zenith-list-server(at)matronics.com [mailto:owner-zenith-list-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of paulrod36(at)msn.com
Sent: Thursday, November 28, 2013 11:14 AM
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Subject: Re: wiring the control stick
Yeah, man, get it on! MY fighter-style control stick used to be from a video game, came from e-bay, cost less than $20, and has a four-way hat switch for trim, a PTT, a flaps down, a flaps up, and a leftover real neat trigger, for either the guns or the missiles. Once you strip it out of the base, you get a stick handle with all those micro switches, whose cumulative value exceeds cost.
It works, and it's cheap, so what's not to like?
Paul R
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DaveG601XL
Joined: 27 Oct 2006
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Location: Cincinnati, Oh
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| Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2014 5:58 am Post subject: Re: Aiming Taxi and Landing lights |
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Steve,
I took my taxi light and aimed it to hit the ground about 20 feet in front of me while in the ground taxi, or level longeron position. For the landing light, I have it angled more down so that in the landing position, which is longeron angled more up, the light still shines out in front of me. Not a whole lot of science was used in angling the landing light. I picked an evening and would push the tail down and see where the light hit. I adjusted it until it looked "about right." I flew a few times at night and it worked OK. I don't really do any night flying these days, but it is there if I need it.
Since you have four lights to work with, you have more options in which to aim the lights around. Personally, I had more problems with taxi illumination than landing illumination. I had more issues with trying not to hit things during taxi than I did during the landing sequence.
Good luck,
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