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Old 03-13-2019, 09:05 PM
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Would have been nice to know that before W-00017 was installed. It would be much easier to fabricate a bezel or bracket with W-00017 outside the wing. Would also reduce time trying to figure out or guess what is intended. It's my opinion that Step 5 should have referenced Section OP-52A or something similar. I also believe that OP-52A should have been included in one of the plans sets.

Indeed it will be easy to fabricate a bracket....now that I'm aware that Section OP-52A exists. Of course now I need to figure out what gauge is is best suited for this application, length and material for the spacers, etc. One thing I would certainly do is put an additional nut plate on W-00017 to keep the bracket from wanting to rotate up or down. This would be difficult to do after they are in place. The landing lights could be shimmed for aim.
You don't have to fabricate anything if you don't want to.
You could just buy an optional landing light kit that comes with the brackets already made.
https://shop.vansaircraft.com/cgi-bi...uct=LX_RV-14-1

It is optional for the same reason as previously mentioned.... not everyone wants the same thing. In this case, if you would be happy with this light, you can buy the kit and have all of the parts to install it, but there would have been no point in putting the bracket parts for this light, in the wing kit, for someone that intended to use a totally different light.
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Old 03-14-2019, 08:14 AM
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And there is the reason that it is not included...... there has to be at least a half dozen different landing light assemblies that RV-14 builders have chosen to use at this point. There is no sense in paying for a bracket in the wing kit that you wont even use
Instead, it was designed so that a bracket that would match up with the mount in the wing, can easily be fabricated.
Completely agree. However the brackets Vans does sell in the lighting kit aren't available to buy through the website. Not that I don't mind fabricating parts and having to buy a metal brake (luckily the club needs one) but its an easy bracket I'd of paid $20 for instead of the hours needed to make one.
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Completely agree. However the brackets Vans does sell in the lighting kit aren't available to buy through the website. Not that I don't mind fabricating parts and having to buy a metal brake (luckily the club needs one) but its an easy bracket I'd of paid $20 for instead of the hours needed to make one.
The web store is not fully comprehensive. Yet.

With the introduction of the new web site, efforts are being made to remedy that but it will still take some time.

In the mean time, nearly any part that Van's sells can be purchased individually via a phone phone order with any of the parts order people in the office.
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Anyone who has installed Squadron Pro LEDs for their Landing/Taxi Lights and would share how they wired them, it would be greatly appreciated. Ie. wired through a GAD27, straight to a rocker switch etc.

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Old 07-13-2019, 10:43 PM
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Anyone who has installed Squadron Pro LEDs for their Landing/Taxi Lights and would share how they wired them, it would be greatly appreciated. Ie. wired through a GAD27, straight to a rocker switch etc.

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I have installed the squadron Pro and they are wired thru the GAD27. I have ON-OFF-ON switch which I can select the wig-wag or on option which works great and without any issues. Both sides are the same and used for both taxi and landing light.
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