REFLECTOR: Landing Light

[Alex Balic]

I don't know about that Chuck- they have 5 watt LEDs now that are blindingly
bright- I have a $4.99 flashlight from Harbor Freight that has just 8 small
white LED's in there that (and I am not kidding) hurts to look at even
during day light- that little thing will light up an entire room almost-
amazingly it runs off of just 3 aaa batteries for some unreal amount of
time.  I'll bet auto headlights are just around the corner... I think that
the biggest problem with them is that they are quite directional with a
narrow beam pattern, but a good reflector can fix that I am sure.

 

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From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
Behalf Of Chuck Jensen
Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 1:35 PM
To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Landing Light

 

Kevin,

 

Given the physics involved and despite the rapid improvements in output from
LEDs, I would guess we are still "light-years" from seeing an effective LED
landing light, though I don't know what kind of lumens a GE4509 put out.
LEDs are great for being visible at night, but to light up the night, that's
a significantly greaters challenge. OBTW, if you find one....I'll take one!

Chuck Jensen 

-----Original Message-----
From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
Behalf Of Velocity_AZ
Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 1:52 PM
To: reflector at tvbf.org
Subject: REFLECTOR: Landing Light

Has anyone found a suitable LED replacement for the GE4509 landing light?

 

Kevin

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