N546RV
Well Known Member
So as of this moment, I have both wing skeletons on the stands, left leading edge clecoed together, etc. More and more, my thoughts are turning to what I want to do for lights. Given a choice, I'd prefer to not cut the leading edge and instead run wingtip lights. However, it seems that many feel that wingtip landing lights have too much of a dark spot in front of a nose, due to the lights being masked by the inboard part of the cutout.
So I'd like to hear personal experiences with wingtip lights. It'd be even better if anyone has some good example photos of light patterns at night.
Of particular interest to me are the new AeroLED Vx lights, which look pretty slick, but would seem to suffer from the same blanking effect as the much-maligned Van's stock kit.
I've almost convinced myself to do the leading edge lights at this point, but I'd like to collect some opinions on both sides before I commit. I definitely want to go ahead and cut the leading edges before they're riveted if I do the leading edge lights. And if I do the leading edges, I expect I'll get the Duckworks mount kit and stick something like an Aerosun in there.
(Speaking of which...does a single Duckworks kit include stuff for both wings, or do I need to buy two kits?)
Let the fight begin!
So I'd like to hear personal experiences with wingtip lights. It'd be even better if anyone has some good example photos of light patterns at night.
Of particular interest to me are the new AeroLED Vx lights, which look pretty slick, but would seem to suffer from the same blanking effect as the much-maligned Van's stock kit.
I've almost convinced myself to do the leading edge lights at this point, but I'd like to collect some opinions on both sides before I commit. I definitely want to go ahead and cut the leading edges before they're riveted if I do the leading edge lights. And if I do the leading edges, I expect I'll get the Duckworks mount kit and stick something like an Aerosun in there.
(Speaking of which...does a single Duckworks kit include stuff for both wings, or do I need to buy two kits?)
Let the fight begin!