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Old 01-29-2009, 01:24 PM
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Default Aveo Nav Light

Take a look at the Aveo Nav lights at www.aveoaviationlights.com. I'm been corresponding with the owner of Aveo, Christian Nielsen, and he's in the process of designing a package for the RV wingtip lighting which includes a good quality replacement lens. Apperarantly the low cost lens that Van's ship with the wingtips will block a lot of the LED light output. I saw their product at Oshkosh and was impressed. I'm considering the complete nav light package with stobes and tail light strobe combo. You can currently find their products in Aircraft Spruce but you may want to wait so see what he comes up with specifically for the RV's.

I understand that Aveo also has very high output LED landing lights but I also have already installed Duckworks HID lights in the wings.
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Old 01-29-2009, 02:39 PM
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I looked at their website, and I really like the tail light/strobe, but I didn't see any landing lights listed there.

I'm planning on, if at all possible, going with a full LED lighting system...
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Old 01-30-2009, 01:13 AM
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Default Aveo LED Landing Lights

I was told by Aveo that they have LED landing lights now so you should send them an e-mail to get more info.
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Old 02-03-2009, 12:11 AM
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The LuxeonStars LEDs arrived, and we tested them with the the resistor and a 13.something V power supply. Mother of God are those little dudes bright! WOW!

These should make terrific nav lights...thanks for the tip!
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Old 02-03-2009, 06:15 AM
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The LuxeonStars LEDs arrived, and we tested them with the the resistor and a 13.something V power supply. Mother of God are those little dudes bright! WOW!

These should make terrific nav lights...thanks for the tip!
I get that a lot when people first see them. It really is amazing.

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Old 02-03-2009, 08:58 PM
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Hey Pete....instead of the mirrored plexi could you just polish the aluminum mounting plates?

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Old 02-03-2009, 09:07 PM
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But it might cause some issues with isolating the tops of the lux stars. The AL plate is on the bottom and serves as a heat sink, the plexi on top is cover and holds stuff in place. You could use AL on top, but you would need to insulate the connections on the stars from the top AL plate.

The mirrored plexi is cheap and easy to use, but what the heck, experiment - let us know what you find!
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Old 02-03-2009, 09:37 PM
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Originally I didn't fully understand the need for the mirrored plexi but now have seen the LED!

Thanks Buddy

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Old 02-17-2009, 09:34 AM
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This has been questioned before - and rightly so. I'm not sure what to say except that it works and it really works well. The LEDs are current driven vs voltage driven - that might have something to do with it.

Maybe one of our EE's on the boards can answer this.
Not an EE...but the tech data sheet helps to explain. Scroll to p. 11 and 12, there are charts which show Forward Voltage vs. Forward Current, and then Forward Current vs. Normalized Luminous Flux. So you can see how much they would be dimmed by less than normal current caused by less than full voltage.
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Old 02-17-2009, 10:02 AM
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Hello - I've been gettting quite a few PMs asking about the materials used to make the LED nav lights. Here is the scoop:

Mirrored Plexi can be found here: link
Say, how much of the plexi should I order? I'm at work and can't measure the wingtip.
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