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Posted: Thu May 11, 2017 4:05 am Post subject: retrofit tip lights [was: Is ELT and navigation lights requi

On 2017-05-09, at 20:21, Robert Hatton <roberthatton1(at)googlemail.com> wrote:

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		   Does anyone know of a Europa

 that has had wing tip position/navigation lights fitted after the wings have

 been completed? And how this task was carried out?


	


Robert - I believe I remember hearing that some hardy soul has installed tip lights as a retrofit to a Classic wing. I think this was done by boring a very long hole through the blue foam. However, I don’t think it’s a practical possibility in the XS wing - there is too much internal structure to get through. You can see how I did the conduit for tip strobes on my XS wings, before closing the top skin, at:



http://www.rowlandcarson.org.uk/aviation/europa_435/trystbdcond.php



and 



http://www.rowlandcarson.org.uk/aviation/europa_435/conduitinstall.php



and these pictures show how difficult it would be to retrofit wiring from root to tip.



If you have Classic wings, you may have a chance to get the wiring through - best of luck. I hope that the person who did it before might pop up here with some suggestions!



in friendship



Rowland



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Posted: Thu May 11, 2017 8:52 am Post subject: retrofit tip lights [was: Is ELT and navigation lights requi

Hello Rowland,



Thank you so much for your response and links to the photos of your wing. I have Classic wings, so I may be lucky. I am not looking to do this imminently, but should I ever take the plunge and do this, I probably will need to source a surgeon who is an expert on key-hole surgery!



If the hardy soul who has retro fitted wing tip navigation lights pops up with some suggestions I would be grateful. But your photos, even though of the XS wing, showing your conduit have been very useful in my thinking of how this may get done.



All the best,



Robert



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