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Old 11-23-2010, 08:04 AM
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The RV-8 in my avatar has the little 75W halogen lamps in each wingtip. They only make pencil-thin beams that are wholly inadequate for night landings.

Way back in a former lifetime when I used to be a soundman for a rock band on weekends, we often had some similar-performing lamps on the stage... called them "pinspots"
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Old 11-24-2010, 07:13 AM
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Anyone have details of mods for a cowl light? Sounds like a perfect application for an LED.
Vlad took this picture of an Argentina based RV-10. Dual cowl mounted PAR36 lights.
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Old 11-28-2010, 12:25 AM
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PIREP

The plane lights HID's work really well.

In a high background light environment at Hervey Bay Qld we were picking up the runway and undershoot area being lit at 200' so I would imagine in a "dark hole" they would be even more apparent at lighting the way ahead.

Good on the ground too!

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Old 11-28-2010, 02:13 PM
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some poor quality video, but you will get the idea.

Hervey Bay is 6562' longand the aero club is around 500 feet from the end, so this should give you an idea of things.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHbV1a4Zxgw
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Old 11-28-2010, 08:24 PM
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Default Leading edge light and HWA tank.

Does the leading edge lights fit with the HWA tanks in? I have been flying plenty at night latey and really have nothing to compare too. Vans stock lights make the runway come out of the black hole and the centre line is clearly visible. Now I am wondering what I am missing out on.

Clearly the best of the best is the leading edge HID. I am wanting to make sure I have all my items that would mess up paint done soon as it will be getting painted in March and this is one of them. I just can't remember how far back the leading edge light goes from when I built the 9. If they don't fit due to the HWA tanks, the wing tip light being upgraded is the next best choice.

Does one find the HID tip lights a 100% improvement over stock or just a bit better not making them worth doing if the leading edge ones will fit. Their web page makes them seem impressive.
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Old 11-29-2010, 01:16 AM
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Does one find the HID tip lights a 100% improvement over stock or just a bit better not making them worth doing if the leading edge ones will fit. Their web page makes them seem impressive.
I think so

The photos of the RV10 and the hangar doors could easily be taken by me .......... They do shed some serious light.

If you watched that video with the sound up, you will hear in the rabble folk commenting on how bright they were. This was a bunch of folk with a higher than average % of RV pilot content, so that says it all.

They are inexpensive and they work!

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Old 02-11-2011, 09:07 AM
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Default Whelen Parmetheus LED lights

I pored that I bought these from Bob at RMD and promised a review. They work GREAT!!

I have about 15 night landings on them now and really love them. Low power use. The only issue I've had is that my wig wag setup doesn't work anymore because these units don't draw enough power to engage the blinker module. Will install a standard duty blinker module to correct that.

All in all, really pleased. Nice and bright and good color spectrum. I would recommend to anyone looking to get better landing light/taxi light performance without a difficult or time consuming install. Took me less than an hour total to install and adjust. Good stuff!
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I fly a ton at night. I want a good landing light and also a good taxi light. I've already bought and started working on the Van's lighting. Should I junk it and substitute better lights or use them (wig-wag or otherwise) in addition to better lights? If cost is not a consideration, what is the BEST solution?
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Old 10-26-2011, 05:37 PM
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Default Aveo

I had Duckworks in my 7. Later installed the Aveo 6 in 1 in the tips. These are LED and extremely bright. I have about 25 hours of night flight now and 50+ landings. These things really flood the runway with light. Not even in the same league as the Duckworks even with the HID bulbs.

With the position, strobes, landing and taxi lights on the current draw is only 2 amps. Lifetime guarantee.

Also, the lights are completely silent. No EMI at all, silent!!!!
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