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Old March 14th 09, 11:43 PM posted to rec.aviation.owning
Jay Honeck[_2_]
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Default Anyone installed a landing light flasher?

I installed AvTek's Pulsar on our Pathfinder a couple of years ago. It
works great in conjunction with our wingtip landing lights, wig-wagging them
so that we look like a 737 on short final.

AvTek's owner (Mike Peter) is fantastic to work with. We managed to hook it
up backwards and blew out the mosfet circuitry. No problem -- mailed it
back to Mike, he repaired and mailed it back -- no charge. He's truly one
of the good guys in GA, and he caters to Cherokee owners. (By the way --
contact him directly through his website -- he'll beat that $320 price by a
long ways.)

Although it sounds like you got the best deal of all from Jim -- it's hard
to beat free!

:-)

Forget that "30 minutes to install" stuff. Mine said TWENTY minutes on the
packaging -- and it took more like half a day. Any time you try to do
ANYTHING behind the panel of a 30+ year old Cherokee, it's a cluster f*ck,
and hooking these *******s up means connecting little-bitty wires to the
back-side of the landing light switch. That, my friend, is no fun at all,
unless you have teeny-tiny fingers and don't mind doing a 30-minute
half-sit-up while working 14 inches from your face with cruddy lighting.

Still, it was well worth the effort. We hear from controllers and other
traffic about how noticeable we are -- and that's what it's for.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
Ercoupe N94856
www.AlexisParkInn.com
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