 |
Matronics Email Lists
Web Forum Interface to the Matronics Email Lists
|
| View previous topic :: View next topic |
| Author |
Message |
Eric M. Jones
Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 565
Location: Massachusetts
|
 Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2011 6:02 am Post subject: Review of LEDs for aircraft lighting |
 |
|
I see dozens of newbies patching together LEDs for aircraft lighting and am frequently mortified. Remember, when your family gets called and told that another plane with homemade night-lighting killed you, everybody carries some blame for letting it happen.
Item: It is theoretically impossible to build a tail light using LEDs that draws 200 mA and cost $89. Strobe too! And it won't even be possible when my now preschool grand-kid graduates from MIT.
Item: It is theoretically impossible to adjust 26 tiny LEDs to form a position light, even if the peak candelas times 26 comes out to some kind of legal-sounding number.
Item: I quit selling LED position lights (but still sell a few tail lights), that really are legal. I just could not compete with the claims of the poor quality stuff. In fact one of my customers, having lost his regular landing lights, landed at night using ONLY the LED position lights for illumination. This might have been a historic landing.
See attached.
| | - The Matronics AeroElectric-List Email Forum - | | | Use the List Feature Navigator to browse the many List utilities available such as the Email Subscriptions page, Archive Search & Download, 7-Day Browse, Chat, FAQ, Photoshare, and much more:
http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?AeroElectric-List |
|
| Description: |
|
Download |
| Filename: |
LED_Lighting_ Article Draft 13May08..pdf |
| Filesize: |
232.54 KB |
| Downloaded: |
653 Time(s) |
_________________
Eric M. Jones
www.PerihelionDesign.com
113 Brentwood Drive
Southbridge, MA 01550
(508) 764-2072
emjones(at)charter.net |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
Mauledriver(at)nc.rr.com
Guest
|
| Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2011 10:26 am Post subject: Review of LEDs for aircraft lighting |
|
|
Did you ever take a look at "Jeff's" LED wing tip position lights (and
regular strobe) for RVs? If so, what did you think?
http://www.jeffsrv-7a.com/LEDPROJECT.htm
No specs here. "Jeff's lights are no longer available as far as I know.
On 10/3/2011 10:02 AM, Eric M. Jones wrote:
| Quote: |
I see dozens of newbies patching together LEDs for aircraft lighting and am frequently mortified. Remember, when your family gets called and told that another plane with homemade night-lighting killed you, everybody carries some blame for letting it happen.
Item: It is theoretically impossible to build a tail light using LEDs that draws 200 mA and cost $89. Strobe too! And it won't even be possible when my now preschool grand-kid graduates from MIT.
Item: It is theoretically impossible to adjust 26 tiny LEDs to form a position light, even if the peak candelas times 26 comes out to some kind of legal-sounding number.
|
| | - The Matronics AeroElectric-List Email Forum - | | | Use the List Feature Navigator to browse the many List utilities available such as the Email Subscriptions page, Archive Search & Download, 7-Day Browse, Chat, FAQ, Photoshare, and much more:
http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?AeroElectric-List |
|
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Eric M. Jones
Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 565
Location: Massachusetts
|
| Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2011 12:49 pm Post subject: Re: Review of LEDs for aircraft lighting |
|
|
Jeff's look very nice--they probably are per FAA specs position lights. I'm less sure of the strobes, but they could be okay. Exquisite workmanship.
Can't tell more without closer inspection and specs. Some images don't want to load on my computer from his website.
| | - The Matronics AeroElectric-List Email Forum - | | | Use the List Feature Navigator to browse the many List utilities available such as the Email Subscriptions page, Archive Search & Download, 7-Day Browse, Chat, FAQ, Photoshare, and much more:
http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?AeroElectric-List |
|
_________________
Eric M. Jones
www.PerihelionDesign.com
113 Brentwood Drive
Southbridge, MA 01550
(508) 764-2072
emjones(at)charter.net |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Mauledriver(at)nc.rr.com
Guest
|
| Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2011 6:49 pm Post subject: Review of LEDs for aircraft lighting |
|
|
Thanks. I know there wasn't much info there but appreciate the reply.
Those images don't load on mine either. I think these pages have been
un-maintained for awhile.
I'm happy with them except for the noise from the pucks. Will be
installing Bob's quiet power supplies to fix the noise.
On 10/3/2011 4:49 PM, Eric M. Jones wrote:
| Quote: |
Jeff's look very nice--they probably are per FAA specs position lights. I'm less sure of the strobes, but they could be okay. Exquisite workmanship.
Can't tell more without closer inspection and specs. Some images don't want to load on my computer from his website.
--------
Eric M. Jones
|
| | - The Matronics AeroElectric-List Email Forum - | | | Use the List Feature Navigator to browse the many List utilities available such as the Email Subscriptions page, Archive Search & Download, 7-Day Browse, Chat, FAQ, Photoshare, and much more:
http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?AeroElectric-List |
|
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
You cannot attach files in this forum
You can download files in this forum
|
Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group
|
Get Email Distribution Too!
FAQ
Search
Memberlist
Usergroups
Register
Profile
Log in to check your private messages
Log in
