Landing and Position lights

[bearcatr2800]

OK, who likes what. Their are alot of choices out their. All you repeat offenders of RV aircraft should have some good ideas. Leading edge lights , or wing tip. LED,s seem to be the best bang for the buck and draw alot less power for what they produce. Would love to hear any suggestions.

[flyenforfun]

Originally Posted by bearcatr2800

OK, who likes what. Their are alot of choices out their. All you repeat offenders of RV aircraft should have some good ideas. Leading edge lights , or wing tip. LED,s seem to be the best bang for the buck and draw alot less power for what they produce. Would love to hear any suggestions.

We did leading edge lights before the wing tip ones were available. I wish I had the tip lights just because I would have loved to not cut a hole in the leading edge of the wing skin. Our leading edge lights are not LED and are not very bright at all..

[Daniel S.]

Aero LEDs

[Ironflight]

Originally Posted by flyenforfun

We did leading edge lights before the wing tip ones were available. I wish I had the tip lights just because I would have loved to not cut a hole in the leading edge of the wing skin. Our leading edge lights are not LED and are not very bright at all..

On the other hand, the brightest lights on any of our three RV's are the LED Aerosuns in the leading edge Duckworks mounts. The worst lighting is provided by the HID wingtip lights on my -8. Modern technology in old mounts - cutting the leading edge holes in the -3 just wasn't as big a deal as I thought it would be when I did the -8.

[Flyin'Bryan]

Originally Posted by Daniel S.

Aero LEDs

EXPENSIVE!!!! This is the only bad thing in my list of evaluation critieria I am using to determine which lights to go with.
1. More intense light
2. Much less electrical power requried to run them
3. Still expensive (and outrageously so IMHO).
4. can wig wag without separate controller module (self contained)
5. No separate strobe power supply required


I am still looking for affordable rational LED solutions... Plan to spend time at OSH this year hitting all the vendors - and looking for some good Airventure special pricing (hopefully).

[RV3bpilot]

Here is where I purchased my LED Lights. Better price than most.
https://ssl.perfora.net/gs-air.com/s...dex.shopscript

[SmilingJack]

I wanted LED's and "was" afraid to cut into the leading edge, so at the time of the build I decided to go this way:



I like them where I put them, but if I was to do it again I think the leading edge wouldn't scare me as much anymore.

The fiberglass ended up being a bunch of work!

[RV8RIVETER]

Have the ductworks lights that I put HIDs in. Great light output. DIY LED position lights. They work great as well, but not very pretty to look at. Would go with current LEDS for those.

[Daniel S.]

I would agree that aero LEDs are a bit pricey. BUT I'm betting on them being one time purchases. My Aero LED line up is as follows. Sun tail, Pulsar NHS 90s, Aerosuns in the leading edge and finally SunBeams in the tips.The sunbeams are bad***!!!. Don't ask the cost for my set up though.

[flyenforfun]

Originally Posted by Ironflight

On the other hand, the brightest lights on any of our three RV's are the LED Aerosuns in the leading edge Duckworks mounts. The worst lighting is provided by the HID wingtip lights on my -8. Modern technology in old mounts - cutting the leading edge holes in the -3 just wasn't as big a deal as I thought it would be when I did the -8.

Im interested in these Aerosun lights. What duckworks mount do you use to install this? How do the aerosuns wire in? If there is a ballast like with HIDs, is it built in?