REFLECTOR: Canard Landing Lights

[Chuck Jensen]

In the next day or two, when I get to the airport, I'll click some
photos of my canard wig-wags.  As mentioned, the plexiglass cover is cut
to about the right size, then heated over a woodn't plug the shape of
the wing, then trim to fit.  Mine has a 1/8" land around the cutout for
the wig-wags.  When the molded lense is put in place with some Silastic,
the contour of the canard stays intact.

Chuck Jensen


-----Original Message-----
From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
Behalf Of Rich Guerra
Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2007 2:51 PM
To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Canard Landing Lights


Jorge,

I have a Shaw canard with built in lights.  There are lots of incidental
pictures of the setup throughout my web site.  Alan Shaw made the covers
for the lights with some kind of jig - I don't know if he still makes
them or could do a  custom job still.  I think they do improve visibilty
of the plane (or so my local tower comments) and wig-wags would make
them even better but as for landing lights, not so useful.  Do help in
taxi though.

See:
Annual 2006 section for dusk, night shots with lights on final approach
and landing. The Voyage Home section (under Adventures) for lights on on
ground shot (1st
pic)

In Building Velocity XL RG N724X section:
'More details'section for closeup of lights

Hope that helps

Rich Guerra
Velocity XL RG N724X aka RACE 24 http://www.rguerra.com/velocity/

> I am thinking about installing two separate wig-wag halogen landing 
> lights, inboard of the elevator counterweights area in the canard tips

> for better visibility.  I already have the
> lights and estimate I would have to add about a 1" (H) x 4" (W)  flat
fairing
> to the
> bottom of the canard, similar to the one covering the outboard
elevator
> counterweights, to
> fit the light inside the canard and leave some clearance for heat
> dissipation.  I was
> planning to insulate the cavity with a box of phenolic material.  Has
anyone
> done
> something similar or know of other canard aircraft with a similar
setup?
> Could adding
> this semi-bubble negatively affect the characteristics of the canard?
Your
> thoughts,
> experience, references or pictures are all welcome.
>
>
> Regards,
> Jorge Bujanda
> Velocity XL FG
> Palmdale, CA
> Website:  http://members.dslextreme.com/users/jbujanda/
>
> "Make your best case... not the best case."
> "Spare the noise... convince through silence."
>
>


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