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tomcostanza 07-22-2012 05:17 PM

Wingtip landing light kit
 
I started fiting the wingtip landing lights supplied by Van's (with the MR bulbs). There aren't many options for the landing light side, but there are a couple for the nav/strobe light side. The plans say to fit the nav/strobe light directly to the fiberglass. I started painting the mounting surface with metalic paint, but it looks pretty cheezy. I wanted to get the max reflectivity. I was thinking I would fit a piece of alclad over the raw fiberglass, like the landing light side, and paint it white.

What have others done?

Thanks, and clear skies.

jay.pearlman 07-22-2012 08:41 PM

landing light
 
Why not just polish the alclad and use it as a reflector?
Other have done that if you look at some of the previous posts.

Sam Staton 07-23-2012 03:33 AM

Mirrored plexiglass
 
This is also an option. Plexiglass is available with a mirrored surface - light, no polishing involved.

byoung 07-24-2012 05:39 PM

Wingtip landing light?
 
How well do the wingtip landing light systems work? I see many use the Duckworks (SP?) system for landing and taxi lights. Are the wing tip systems worthwhile?


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