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naumuk(at)alltel.net
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 Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 8:14 am Post subject: Strobes |
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Is there anyone out there that installed belly and/or turtle deck strobes? I never wanted them on the wingtips, even before I decided to polish, rather than paint. Too distracting.
Bill Naumuk
HDS Fuselage
Townville, Pa
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Tim Juhl
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| Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 8:54 am Post subject: Re: Strobes |
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Turtle deck? Do you mean behind the canopy? That is the last place I would put a strobe. You'll notice that rudder mounted strobes are typically masked to flash only toward the rear 270Ā° of arc.
I haven't finished my XL but I've had experience with strobes in a bunch of other locations. Generally I found the belly or wingtips to be the least distracting, although I had to mask off the globe of the belly strobe to avoid flashing the arc of the prop. The wingtip strobes on my 182 were only a problem if I forgot and left them on entering clouds.
I too am curious whether the placement of the strobes on the XL causes any distraction. Chime in guys.
Tim
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larry(at)macsmachine.com
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| Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 10:42 am Post subject: Strobes |
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Bill,
Aren't you worried that if you put strobes on the turtle deck you'll
pick up extraneous flash within that big bubble.
That might be a bigger distraction.
Larry McFarland - 601HDS at www.macsmachine.com
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Is there anyone out there that installed belly and/or turtle deck
strobes? I never wanted them on the wingtips, even before I decided to
polish, rather than paint. Too distracting.
Bill Naumuk
HDS Fuselage
Townville, Pa
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Ron Lendon
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| Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 6:36 pm Post subject: Re: Strobes |
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I am planning on mounting the AeroFlash units, nav/pos/strobe, on the wing tip below my sight lines from the cockpit. That should take care of me getting distracted by them. If the light bounces off clouds, just switch em off.
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naumuk(at)alltel.net
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| Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 4:01 pm Post subject: Strobes |
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Larry-
Okay, you got me. Farther back toward the tail.
I originally planned to only use a belly strobe, but EAA technical
brought up the logical question "What about an aircraft above you? On the
other hand, I've been caught in fog before and barely kept my composure
without the distraction of tip strobes. This fog comes up in a matter of
seconds around here- I experienced it again last 4th of July, but luckily I
was on the ground. You have to see it to believe it.
I suppose you could put a strobe on top of the rudder, but I shudder to
think what a retrofit that would be at this point in time!
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Bill Naumuk
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naumuk(at)alltel.net
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| Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 4:08 pm Post subject: Strobes |
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Tim-
I never had any problem with the belly strobe on my 172, and figure tip
strobes on a high wing wouldn't be as much of a factor.
Also, the Hawk was painted, not polished.
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Bill Naumuk
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bryanmmartin
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| Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 4:57 pm Post subject: Strobes |
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It doesn't matter where the strobes are mounted, if you fly into clouds, they will reflect back at you. Just reach out and shut them off. The wingtips are probably the least distracting place for them. And since they need to be visible from all directions around the plane, the wingtips are probably the most convenient place to mount them unless you are retrofitting them into an already completed airframe.
On Feb 18, 2007, at 11:14 AM, Bill Naumuk wrote:
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Is there anyone out there that installed belly and/or turtle deck strobes? I never wanted them on the wingtips, even before I decided to polish, rather than paint. Too distracting.
Bill NaumukHDS FuselageTownville, Pa
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amyvega2005(at)earthlink.
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| Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 5:18 pm Post subject: Strobes |
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dude,
if the glare bugs you, put a fairing, made with a peice of metal to block the light from glaring back to the cock pit. lots of the older planes have them.Option, shut them of and don't use, option three put a big red one on tail bottom, option four, is there an option four? get up and fly and don't worry bout it.
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