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messydeer

Joined: 13 Feb 2006
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Location: Bellingham, WA

Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2016 1:25 pm Post subject: landing and nav/strobe LED lights

Hey!



I have a Sonex flying...er in the hangar now I hope...and want to put LED lights in it. I've seen some nav/pos/strobe lights from Aveo 

https://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/elpages/aveopowerburst.php which are $500 a pair. I think it could be more than I want to tackle to fab something like that and may just buy them off the shelf.



Landing lights seem easier to fab.  I'll be looking for a single very bright LED light array. maybe as simple as getting one from Mauser. Any idea how bright 'bright' is? I see that Duckworks lists their 2nd tier LED light at 320,000 candlepower. I've also seen PAR36 listed, which I believe is the pattern lights shoot. Duckworks also mentions 'no RF interference', which makes me wonder if there'd normally be a problem without some fix.



Suggestions?

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Location: Riley TWP Michigan

Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2016 8:40 pm Post subject: Re: landing and nav/strobe LED lights

This website explains the difference between candlepower and lumens:

http://www.flashlightuniversity.com/lumens-vs-candlepower/

I could be wrong but believe that candlepower is misleading marketing hype.

Lumens is what should be compared.

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messydeer

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Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2016 11:16 pm Post subject: Re: landing and nav/strobe LED lights

Thanks, Joe 



Good to hear from you again!

Dan

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Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2016 11:51 am Post subject: landing and nav/strobe LED lights

On 1/21/2016 4:25 PM, messydeer wrote:

 	  Quote: 	
		   Hey!



 I have a Sonex flying...er in the hangar now I hope...and want to put

 LED lights in it. I've seen some nav/pos/strobe lights from Aveo

 https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.aircraftspruce.com_catalog_elpages_aveopowerburst.php&d=AwICAw&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=B3r23NppAfDxaB8BZVOE90ONScXB87S_Ft-XMAbEnpQ&m=FYXuK7Pj4amyVGy_kWnr53aqDuDwDuUqpZpC4ihLHKY&s=UDMvLjpK6jL8bXeo8J3XWJZSbJBm3dIvEsz94q56dm0&e=

 which are $500 a pair. I think it could be more than I want to tackle

 to fab something like that and may just buy them off the shelf.



 Landing lights seem easier to fab.  I'll be looking for a single very

 bright LED light array. maybe as simple as getting one from Mauser.

 Any idea how bright 'bright' is? I see that Duckworks lists their 2nd

 tier LED light at 320,000 candlepower. I've also seen PAR36 listed,

 which I believe is the pattern lights shoot. Duckworks also mentions

 'no RF interference', which makes me wonder if there'd normally be a

 problem without some fix.



 Suggestions?



 -------- Dan


	


PAR-36 describes the physical size of the bulb. 4.5 inches or 36 eighths 

in diameter.



I haven't installed it yet but I bought one of these to try in my GlaStar:



http://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B008UBVC26



A couple of the reviewers are using them on planes. They have a 

trapezoidal pattern and a flood. I chose the former for landing light use.



--Rick

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messydeer

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Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2016 12:46 pm Post subject: Re: landing and nav/strobe LED lights

Thanks, Rick 



Advantage of that one looks to be weight. Here are the light bars I'm trying out from AMZN: 



http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/3H07V9MI17ET7/ref=topnav_lists_2



I'll keep you posted on how it works.

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