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Old 05-18-2011, 01:51 AM
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"We went with AeroLED lamps in Duckworks mounts for the -3"

Paul.. what AeroLED lamps are you using? I just ordered blank Duckworks so I could do the same.
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Old 05-18-2011, 04:56 AM
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I have two 100W landing lights from Van's in the leading edges of the wings. We are not allowed night flying, but I noticed when landing at around sunset that the lights are certainly lighting the runway and will do fine in an emergency night landing if it would ever come to that.

I get commented that my wig-wag lights are very well visible on final, (during daytime) well before anything else is visible (strobes or the plane itself).

Regards, Tonny

Not allowed night flying? When did Belgium go Communist? That's the best half of the day to fly!
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Old 05-18-2011, 06:02 AM
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Unhappy Not sure about night VFR in Europe

I was in Belgium back in the early 1980?s, flying OH-58?s out of West Germany and they did not allow us to fly VFR at night in Belgium. I think we were flying around the town of Namur supporting the Belgium Commandos and we were flying in the afternoon and had to have our missions completed before it got dark or the Belgium folks were not too happy. It is a very pretty country with friendly folks and tons of history. Flying over the Ardennes you could imagine how that forest has played such a huge part in world history during the last century. I believe many of the countries in Europe do not allow VFR flying at night. I think Germany use to be that way also. We had a waiver since we were flying for the Army.
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Old 05-18-2011, 09:23 AM
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Can you fly night IFR in Belgium?
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Old 05-18-2011, 10:42 AM
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Default Night flying

To be more specific: VFR night flying is allowed in Belgium and also in a lot of other European countries, but............ not for experimentals!

I know that in France night flying is allowed for experimentals, as long as your engine and instruments are certified and maintained certified. Well...... I gues for a couple of hours night flying per year, it is not worth paying $ 5.000,- plus/year, for maintenance on an experimental, when you can do it yourselve, for free.

I have the night flying rating and love to fly on the edge of what is legally allowed (max. 30 min. after sunset), when I am the only one in the air, the lights come on, and the air is smooth........

Kind regards, Tonny
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Old 05-18-2011, 03:35 PM
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I had two MR16-75W (one in each wingtip) light and replaced them with bi-Xenon projector HID which improved the lighting significantly.
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Old 06-14-2011, 06:53 PM
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Default She en Parmetheus LEDs

Hi.. I had the same issue with my new RV and switched out the factory supplied halogens with Whelen Parmetheus LEDs and am very happy with the results. I fly a lot at night and these have done the trick. I bought mine from RMD (talk to Bob). Direct replacements that use less than half the power. Give em a try!

Happy night flying!

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Bruce
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Old 06-14-2011, 07:34 PM
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Is there such an animal as a ?spot? and ?flood? MR-16. Just wondering if maybe I have the wrong type of bulb. I have the ones that came with the kit so I bet they are the correct type, but thought maybe this was a possibility, thanks again.
Definitely yes on the different beam angles. I use them in my kitchen spot and track lamps with different angles...:^)

Wiki has a good description of ANSI codes and typical box labels -

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multifaceted_reflector

By comparison, the old standard 4509 bulb has a 6 degrees vert. and 12 degrees horiz. beam angle.

What marking is on your bulbs?
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