REFLECTOR: recog light 2
Vance Atkinson
nostromo56 at tx.rr.com
Tue Jul 22 08:28:43 CDT 2008
About 15 years ago I decided I was tired of airliners running me down,
so I made a recognition light that I leave on around busy terminal
areas. But where to put it? Rutan had told me not to cut into the wing
for any reason.. So I put it in the strake area. This has worked out
fairly well except for the light shining on the elevators. At night
there is some scatter back from the R/H elevator. I have dihedral in my
canard so the main light beam just barely clears it.
The arraignment has worked so well I have taken the belly light out and
sealed it up permanently. It works very well as a landing light and
so-so as a taxi light, I set the aiming for level flt. This is a
million candle power halogen bulb I got out of JC Whitneys catalog
where it was used as a hand held spotlight. I made the lens from some
clear plastic using the piece I had cut out as a mold, very easy to do.
Heres a picture, and the little fence on the inboard side is so the
passenger isent annoyed with the light shining in their peripheral
vision all the time.
vance atkinson
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