I guess a Canadian pilot needs more nighttime capability than someone down south.
I’m using AeroLED lights for both taxi and landing. They are mounted in the standard wing cutouts using the stock brackets. I set the angle of my taxi light on the ramp just positioning it where I liked it to shine in a 3-point attitude. Pretty simple.
The landing light was a little tougher. I noted the fuselage pitch angle while in level flight, configured at approach speed. Can’t remember exactly what it was but I’m guessing around 4-degrees nose up. So…angling the landing light 4 degrees down should result in it pointing straight forward on my level flight example. Then I assumed a 3-degree ILS glideslope angle and that, combined with the -4 degrees gave me a -7 angle for the light. Then I got my trusty iPhone and set the landing light 7 degrees down from the chord of the wing - a little guesswork there as well. (Again…my level flight reference is just a guess. You would have to check your pitch)
I did my test flight early in the morning so if it didn’t work out I could wait a bit until sunrise and try again. It was still completely dark and the runway had the normal lighting. Two things I noticed. First - AreoLED lights are as bright as the sun. The entire landing environment was lit up like crazy. No worries about flying into a black hole with those things lit-up. Second, my landing light was pointed right at my aimpoint so I somehow calculated and set my angle correctly. Note: I did NOT angle either light in or out. Only down.
I figure my landing light is angled perfectly fine for anywhere from a 2 to 5-degree glideslope at least.