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Valin,
I had the same quandary when installing my HID lights. What I wound up
doing was modifying the Lancair wing lights. First I made them
significantly smaller, then I bonded the lens in place and faired it
into the wing. The light was mounted on a flange that is attached to 2
studs bonded in place in the wing. This way, with the removal of 2
nuts, the entire assembly comes out of the access plates under the
wing. I am on vacation this week, but can send some pictures next
week. I installed 2 50W HID light and a pulse circuit, have been told
it really looks impressive form the outside. Lights came from
xevision.com, which have been great people to work with.
There are 2 issues that I foresee with this installation:
1. The HID lights, while very focused, still reflect some off of the
prop arc. Not an issue during the day, but noticeable at night. I
toyed with the position of the light for a while to mitigate this as
best as possible.
2. The lens is bonded is place, so any damage would have to be fixed
in place. Worse case scenario is a cracked lens, probably would have
to break the lens completely out, replace, and then blend paint back to
it.
Micah Froese
Lancair Legacy N171MF
300 hours
down for paint........
Hey
LML gang,
I’d
really like to have our Legacy’s landing lights in the wing, rather
than
just mounted on the landing gear, for the significant collision
avoidance
mitigation it provides – according to USAF studies. The easiest
place to put them is in the Legacy’s stub wing section because the
shape there
is so simple and there’s plenty of space. The problem I have with
that location is that it will be very difficult to do it so cleanly
that it
doesn’t trip turbulent flow very early along the chord of this laminar
flow wing -- with significant drag increase...
So,
I’d
really like to get our landing lights in the wing tips. I’ve finally
found some nice, low profile HID lights that are small enough to fit in
the
Legacy’s wing tips. The biggest challenge is the thermo-forming of
the clear acrylic lens with the more complex shape of the wing tips…
I
really don’t
wan’t to add yet another mod development to our Legacy project. Has
anyone else already done this for landing lights in the Legacy’s wing
tips? Does anyone know of a shop with reasonable prices for forming
acrylic like this?
Thanks,
Valin
Legacy
Houston, TX USA
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