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Old 03-01-2018, 03:30 PM
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Doug and I have been chatting about this offline...
There's quite a few of you out there with an RV9 and the Flyleds Skinny boards. Which landing lights did you fit, and can you please share a photo or two?
(I can host your photos if you haven't set up anything else.)

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Old 03-06-2018, 10:04 AM
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I installed the skinny boards and squadron pros in the tips of my -10; I think the tips are similar to those in the -9.

It is a very tight fit. These will be great for recognition / visibility with wig wag; I have not had a chance to flight test them and see how they look in terms of illumination forward and towards the midline. You are somewhat restricted in terms of how much they can be angled inwards due to the shape of the wingtip cutouts.

Thanks to those who sent me pics for the ideas on installation.

The flyleds are GREAT - super bright, and the installation process was very easy.



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Old 03-06-2018, 11:13 AM
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Two years ago I put a pair of Baja Design PAR36 "bulbs" in my C150 and find them just slightly better than incandescents. For the money spent I don't think they're worth it.

For the last few years I've been flying with the flashlight drop-ins in the -6 and like them. Far superior to the Baja's. At night with these lights I've had to land on our grass runway when the PCL box failed and didn't have a problem. There were noise problems initially but that problem has been completely solved.

The drop-ins being now used are these:

http://www.kaidomain.com/p/S025575.3...3T6-Flashlight

These units, coupled with an adjustable DC-DC converter set to 10.3V, operate noise-free:

http://a.co/eyWVBwd

Noise levels were validated with a spectrum analyzer.

Over the summer we retrofitted these onto a friends RV7 with the stock MR-16 lights in the wingtips. I flew the airplane quite a bit at night before and after and there's a night and day difference (pun intended.)
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Old 03-07-2018, 11:28 AM
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Nice. I tried something similar in the past but they were so noisy and unusable. I see this flashlight head is a 1 mode version, does that mean on/off only? Would that work then with wigwag flasher?
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Old 03-07-2018, 11:40 AM
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Nice. I tried something similar in the past but they were so noisy and unusable. I see this flashlight head is a 1 mode version, does that mean on/off only? Would that work then with wigwag flasher?
It will work fine with a wigwag as long as the wigwag circuit is a solid state circuit and not a bulb flashing circuit.
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Old 03-07-2018, 11:58 AM
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Bob, how did you select that color temp LED over the 6500K's?

Some of the buck DC-DC converters on Amazon that pop up look more robust and more easily mounted than the ones you went with. How did you settle on these vs heat-sinked models with fewer "I must have gotten a dud" reviews?

You run these at 10.xV, but the spec sheet calls out 3800 lumens at 8.3V I believe. This is kosher in your experience? Heat not an issue?

I love the idea and will order some to tinker with; don't want to release any magic smoke. Was just about to pull the trigger on a pair of Baja's - this will be much easier to get past the Accounting Department Head
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Old 03-07-2018, 12:18 PM
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The 4500K are more like natural light. In the -6 I have 6500K LEDs. I prefer the 4500K lights. I'd bet though that the 6500K LEDs are probably more visible to other aircraft.

At 10.3V the lights get to their maximum brightness with no noise. Any more than that the LED's internal regulator begins to clip and you start seeing the noise on the spectrum analyzer.

There are better DC-DC converters I'm sure one can find but the ones I use are inexpensive and work fine.
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Old 03-07-2018, 02:33 PM
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Likewise, I used a flashlight (trustfire 1100 LM) and worked great. I had just about zero noise on high, SOS or strobe setting but a bit of noise on the low setting which I never used. They were really bright and I am planning on using the same in my new plane.
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Old 03-07-2018, 02:46 PM
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Likewise, I used a flashlight (trustfire 1100 LM) and worked great. I had just about zero noise on high, SOS or strobe setting but a bit of noise on the low setting which I never used. They were really bright and I am planning on using the same in my new plane.
How do you mount and wire these flashlights and/or led's? Definitely sound like an economical alternative to the Baja Squadron Pros.

Nevermind... found it earlier in this thread.
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Old 03-27-2018, 09:30 AM
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...I am starting to wonder about this supplier.

Ordered from Kaidomain March 8th. Order shipped the 17th per their email. I guess the slow boat from China is... slow.

Does this match your experience?

ETA: their tracker email says my flashlight heads have cleared customs and are leaving JFK Int'l today. I'll give that another week. We're spoiled by Amazon. Back in the day, if I'd ordered these from Boys' Life or Popular Mechanix, they'd be next year getting here if they came at all.
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