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icrashrc

Joined: 16 Mar 2006
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Location: Mishawaka, In

Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 11:57 pm Post subject: Mounting landing lights

I've seen a few Kolbs with landing lights. Can those of you with them tell me:

A. Do you think they were worth adding? I'll be daylight VFR only but it does get harder to judge distance to the ground between sunset and civil twilight.



B. Can you tell me at what angle in relation to the wing or fuselage you have them mounted.



C. Did you use aviation landing lights? Or did you use automotive fog or driving lights. 

Thanks,

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Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 6:42 am Post subject: Mounting landing lights

ScottLook at the lights on a Cessna's wing. There are often two, one aimed straight ahead in the in-flight attitude; the other straight ahead in the taxiing position. For a taildragger there's a big difference here.

IMHO anything that produces a fairly narrow beam of light works fine  -- auto or not. One main advantage in  daylight is visibility -- others will see you much sooner if you have lights on.

Russ

On Mar 10, 2008, at 3:57 AM, icrashrc wrote:

[quote]--> Kolb-List message posted by: "icrashrc" <icrashrc(at)aol.com (icrashrc(at)aol.com)>

I've seen a few Kolbs with landing lights. Can those of you with them tell me:

A. Do you think they were worth adding? I'll be daylight VFR only but it does get harder to judge distance to the ground between sunset and civil twilight.

B. Can you tell me at what angle in relation to the wing or fuselage you have them mounted.

C. Did you use aviation landing lights? Or did you use automotive fog or driving lights. 

Thanks,

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John Hauck

Joined: 09 Jan 2006
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Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 8:45 am Post subject: Mounting landing lights

> A. Do you think they were worth adding? I'll be daylight VFR only but it 

does get harder to judge distance to the ground between sunset and civil 

twilight.

 	  Quote: 	
		  

 B. Can you tell me at what angle in relation to the wing or fuselage you 

 have them mounted.



 C. Did you use aviation landing lights? Or did you use automotive fog or 

 driving lights.

 Thanks,



 --------

 Scott


	




Hi Scott:



A.  If you think you may be caught out after dark, a landing light is nice 

to have.



      You want have any problem judging distance if you can see what you are 

trying to judge to.  



B.  I have no idea of what angle.  My light has a lot of adjustment 

capability.  It is mounted between the main gear legs, which works out great 

when set for a taxi light in the 3 pt stance, then it is also is adjusted 

correctly for a landing light in the landing configuration.



C.  I used a lot of different lights over the years on my mkIII.  The best 

is the KC Off Road Running light I am now using.  It is powered with a 

replaceable 100W halogen replaceable bulb.  Was easy to fabricate a couple 

ss mounting tabs.



john h

mkIII

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Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 1:17 pm Post subject: Mounting landing lights

Scott,

 Dick Kuntzleman just came out with led landing lights now  - that  use minimal amps and are brighter than anything out there. He's a Sun & Fun  "best craftsmanship" award winner for his KOLB MKII.

  

 Should call or e mail him.  I bought a set for my plane and love  them.

  

 Jim Cote

 SE PA & SE FL



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lucien

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Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 6:45 pm Post subject: Re: Mounting landing lights

I just bought an Aerosun 1600 LED landing light for installation on my titan. The landing lights I have draw way too much power and I want something brighter closer to the ground.



It's going under the nose in front of the nosewheel as soon as I can get the preliminary wiring stuff out of the way.



with 8 LED's it's at least as bright as a big halogen general aviation landing light, maybe more judging by hooking it up to a car battery. But the current draw is tiny at about 2 amps.......

It's pricey but I really need a good low-current light that's bright as the jeepers....



I'll let ya'll know how it works out once I get it installed on the plane....



LS

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