"Richard Riley" wrote

No, can't run wig wags with HID. It takes them several seconds to
warm up, like sodium street lights.

I like to tinker.

The thought occurred to me, that you could take two of those self contained
HID helmet and handlebar lights that the original question was about, and
make them fold down out of the bottom of the wing, like some of the old
landing lights. They also could be behind a molded plexi leading edge
cover, if you wanted to do it that way.

The extra trick I had in mind, that would give a flashing recognition light
effect, would be to have them driven by something like a windshield wiper
motor, hooked to a cable going to each wingtip, oscillating them back and
forth through about 30 degrees each side of center, with the park setting of
the wiper gearbox aiming the lights straight ahead for landing.

What do you think? Ever seen anything like that done before?
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Jim in NC