REFLECTOR: LED Light Project Finished

[Brian Michalk]

I remember.
www.gs-air.com

Their prices seem to have gone up.

On 7/19/2013 1:50 PM, Brian Michalk wrote:
> I have LED position lights.  The name escapes me right now.  They are 
> integrated with traditional strobes.  I like them.  As soon as I 
> remember, I'll post the link.  When I went for LED lights, I was 
> surprised at how much Whelen was asking.  If you go experimental, the 
> pricing gets a lot more reasonable.
>
> On 7/19/2013 1:41 PM, Kurt Winker wrote:
>> I would like to replace the position light bulbs in my Whelen 600 
>> series lights with LEDs. The factory says they are out of stock & to 
>> check Spruce. They do not list a direct replacement.
>> The Robbers at Whelen say I have to spend mucho $$$ to replace the 
>> heads. Not worth $700 bucks to me.
>> Anyone have an alternative source?
>>
>> Kurt
>>
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Jul 19, 2013, at 10:28, Brian Michalk <michalk at awpi.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I like lights.  A lot of lights.  I like efficiency too.
>>> I believe that eventually, LED's will replace all halogen 
>>> applications, but for now, nothing can beat HID lights, in my opinion.
>>> I think Andy Millin was the one that turned me on to the cheap 
>>> source of HID modules on Ebay, so I bought some.  Then, everyone 
>>> else got the idea and that cheap source of HID is now not so cheap 
>>> anymore.
>>>
>>> I bought a nice reflector from duckworks aviation, and installed the 
>>> Ebay module in that to use for my taxi light. I'm still in phase I 
>>> flight, so haven't used it for landing at night.
>>> I liked it so much, I bought two more off Ebay, and installed them 
>>> in the tips of the canard.  The tips are hollow and make a nice 
>>> place to install the ballast module.  A set of cheap fog light 
>>> lenses were used and highly modified to hold the lamp, and were 
>>> glassed in to the leading edge.  I'll see if I can send pics 
>>> tonight.  With the doors closed on the hangar, they cast a very 
>>> narrow (vertical) and wide (to the side) beam.  One of these days I 
>>> should do some night taxiing to see how well they do.
>>>
>>> I also added logo lights in the winglets that illuminate the 
>>> fuselage.  They are embedded above the structural layups, and are 
>>> halogens at the moment.  The size is a bigger problem in this area.  
>>> I might replace them with LED's instead.  I have used these before 
>>> at night, and they really are nice to use for inspecting and loading 
>>> the airplane at night.
>>>
>>> On 7/19/2013 10:46 AM, William Walker wrote:
>>>> Hi All,
>>>>
>>>>  From the lack of response to my exterior mounted lights, I 
>>>> reconsidered the idea and decided to mount them inside the nose 
>>>> wheel well. Everything works just fine, and the nose gear tube 
>>>> clears them by about 1/4" on each side. They make a dramatic 
>>>> difference to the night landing and night taxi experience. I am in 
>>>> the process of uploading some videos to YouTube. I'll post the 
>>>> specifics when they finish uploading. Please forgive my carrier 
>>>> landings...suffering from some near-in focus.
>>>>
>>>> Unexpectedly, they make the plane much more visible during the day. 
>>>> I had some fun working with a local contract tower controller by 
>>>> flying directly at the tower from various unknown (to him) 
>>>> directions first with just the landing light, then with the landing 
>>>> light and Darlas all on. With just the landing light, and him 
>>>> actively looking, I was able to get as close as 4-5 miles before he 
>>>> acquired me visually. With the Darlas added, and starting at 10 
>>>> miles, I never got closer than 8 miles before he saw me. Pretty 
>>>> cool stuff.
>>>>
>>>> Anyway, they added 2 pounds and draw 2 amps. I can accept that for 
>>>> the benefits.
>>>>
>>>> Here are some pics. Sorry for the graininess, but it was dusk and I 
>>>> had the camera set to iso3200.
>>>>
>>>> Bill Walker
>>>>
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