REFLECTOR: HID landing lights wholesale - one time offer

[KeithHallsten]

Al,

I was thinking along the same lines.  It's my opinion that the light most
useful in judging the landing flare is under the wing tips, not out in front
of the nose.  I'm not sure either beam pattern would put any light from the
nose into that position, but the "taxi" pattern might be better overall.

What the "landing" beam pattern does well is give you assurance that there
isn't some object on the runway well ahead of you.  That is rarely an issue,
unless you are landing at unattended, unfenced airports.

Keith


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Al Gietzen" <ALVentures at cox.net>
To: "'Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list'" <reflector at tvbf.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2005 10:42 AM
Subject: RE: REFLECTOR: HID landing lights wholesale - one time offer


> It's not clear to me which is best.   9 degrees would make for a only
about
> a 10' dia spot at 60', so not good for taxiing.  I'd think that for a
> replacement for the standard nose light we'd want the taxi light, and with
> the brightness it has it should be good for landing as well.
>
> Al


> > Richard wrote:
> >
> > The landing light has a beam spread of 9 degrees.  The taxi
> > light is 10 degrees beam spread vertical, 55 degrees horizontal.  Either
> > one is the same price.