REFLECTOR: Anybody know who's TSIO550 this is?

[Bob Jackson]

Jon,

 

My airplane partner made the landing lights from regular 24 v. track lights
mounted inside hogged out and shortened MagLight flashlight bodies.  He also
made the mounts from sheet aluminum.  They're not LEDs, just standard
incadescents.  We still don't have them aimed right since we haven't flown
very much yet at night.  Hopefully, they will put out enough light.  This is
the only shot I could find of the lights - the ones on the nosewheel are the
taxi lights, and the landing lights are on the mains.

 



 

Does anyone know the proper angle below the longitudinal axis for landing
lights?  The EFIS's show about 10 degrees pitch up for the landing attitude
I think I saw, but then you have to account for the height above touchdown
and range where you want to be able to see the runway.  Probably all the
data is there for a standard 3 degree glideslope, but we haven't got them
aimed right yet after the first try.  It requires a lot more angle down of
the lights than you would initially think apparently.

 

Bob Jackson

 

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From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
Behalf Of Jon Bachman
Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2009 11:35 AM
To: 'Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list'
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Anybody know who's TSIO550 this is?

 

Nice engine!  Can you supply any more photos of the landing lights.  I
noticed they are on all three gear.  Are they LEDs?  Also any information on
the lamps / modifications to them as well.  Thanks.

 

Jon Bachman

575 430-9724

  

 <mailto:jonathan.bachman at mtsi-va.com> jonathan.bachman at mtsi-va.com

 

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From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
Behalf Of Bob Jackson
Sent: Saturday, May 02, 2009 10:03 PM
To: 'Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list'
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Anybody know who's TSIO550 this is?

 

Hello Scott,

 

Yes, that's an early photo of the pattern we made for our custom turbo of an
IO-550N on an XL-RG.  We first flew Oct '08 and now have 50 hours on N2XF.
Flies like a dream and climbs like a bat out of hell!  Here are a few shots
of how it finally turned out . . .

 

 

 

 

 

Hopefully a (few) pictures is 'worth a thousand' words - it only took us 10
years!

 

Bob Jackson

Custom Turbo IO-550N

N2XF  Velocity XL-RG

bobj at JaxTechLLC.com

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
Behalf Of Scott Derrick
Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 10:14 PM
To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
Subject: REFLECTOR: Anybody know who's TSIO550 this is?

 

Interesting picture of a exhaust mockup for a TSIO550 in an XL?

 

Scott

 

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