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IMHO, the LoPresti Boom Beams are much better. They are warranted for 5
years or 5000 hours and deliver 5-7x the light of a standard aircraft bulb. These lights are standard on every Cirrus Design and Lancair aircraft so LoPresti must be doing something right... |
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Ronnie wrote: The rmd wingtip lights look nice. I didn't see any pricing info on their web site. I wonder how expensive these are. Yes, you will need to phone him. He is a real good guy to deal with. He makes tips for knots 2 you people so doesn't advertise much. I bought tips for my seneca with hid lights in the tips. I leave them on for inflight recognition lights. i didn't really need new tips but I wanted the light. The lights in my older tips really wern't much good in daylight. In searching and reading you prior posts, I see that the GE H7635 is a halogen 12V, 50W PAR 46 lamp that should fits into the GE 4537 mount. Looks like bulbs.com has them for $14.95. I think I'll try one of these. |
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That is the standard warranty of all hid lights, including RMD and knots
2 you. The Lopresti tips, for my seneca at least place the strope in front of the light, as well as my aft faceing white nav light. Strobe, nav and aft white are all one unit on my plane. PAR 46 hid lights are comming down the pipe and are twice the brightness of the 36. That would be the thing to get if your going to go hid. with hid you get very little current drain. Three amps on the par 36 size. Guessing about 6 amps for the 46? I am putting two quarts lights on my nose strut. They are used very little and probably better. John wrote: IMHO, the LoPresti Boom Beams are much better. They are warranted for 5 years or 5000 hours and deliver 5-7x the light of a standard aircraft bulb. These lights are standard on every Cirrus Design and Lancair aircraft so LoPresti must be doing something right... |
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There is a a piece in the Aviation Consumer that arrived yesterday about HID
lighting. I can't regurgitate it in detail, but I remember they said the Lopresti was far and away the most expensive, but the Lopresti kit was very complete and made the install easier. The other brands made some kind of shortcuts on the certification that allows them to sell cheaper. I think they liked the 50 watt versions, I'm not sure which brand. Dave The Visitor wrote: That is the standard warranty of all hid lights, including RMD and knots 2 you. The Lopresti tips, for my seneca at least place the strope in front of the light, as well as my aft faceing white nav light. Strobe, nav and aft white are all one unit on my plane. PAR 46 hid lights are comming down the pipe and are twice the brightness of the 36. That would be the thing to get if your going to go hid. with hid you get very little current drain. Three amps on the par 36 size. Guessing about 6 amps for the 46? I am putting two quarts lights on my nose strut. They are used very little and probably better. John wrote: IMHO, the LoPresti Boom Beams are much better. They are warranted for 5 years or 5000 hours and deliver 5-7x the light of a standard aircraft bulb. These lights are standard on every Cirrus Design and Lancair aircraft so LoPresti must be doing something right... |
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Dave Butler wrote: There is a a piece in the Aviation Consumer that arrived yesterday about HID lighting. I can't regurgitate it in detail, but I remember they said the Lopresti was far and away the most expensive, yep but the Lopresti kit was very complete and made the install easier. The other brands made some kind of shortcuts on the certification that allows them to sell cheaper. I think they liked the 50 watt versions, I'm not sure which brand. Dave I saw no evidence of any shortcuts on what I bought. Did they give any examples? My install was very easy with all stuff supplied. Beautiful product. But it has to be for an stc'd kit. I was already wired up so I have leftover. I think the lopresti bulbs are nicer in that you can choose your beam pattern, but not brighter. I just couldn't stand the nav light/strobe stuck in there with the landing light. I also had to have mounted a white aft light in the wingtip to be legal for night, in Canada. Really I would need engineering approval/field mod to do it unless it was part of the stc.? |
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I went with the RMD lights because they're the same product, but half the
price, compared to the Boom Beam. Those suckers are BRIGHT. And, no filament to break. They're warrantied for thousands of hours, just like the Boom Beam. Just curious: Do you fly with them on all the time? -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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was very complete and made the install easier. The other brands made some kind of shortcuts on the certification that allows them to sell cheaper. I think they liked the 50 watt versions, I'm not sure which brand. Dave I saw no evidence of any shortcuts on what I bought. Did they give any examples? I'm not sure what you'd look for to find certification shortcuts. I just know what the article said (paraphrasing, and from memory): Lopresti complained that its competitors were not put through the same certification requirements that they were. The FAA acknowledged that certification mistakes were made, but declined to correct the mistakes. |
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Dave Butler wrote: I'm not sure what you'd look for to find certification shortcuts. I just know what the article said (paraphrasing, and from memory): Lopresti complained that its competitors were not put through the same certification requirements that they were. The FAA acknowledged that certification mistakes were made, but declined to correct the mistakes. "They" are no longer anybodies competitor. I would also imagine that lopresti being the first to stc hid installations had some hurdles to get by convincing the powers that be, hid is safe and stable for aircraft. But I don't know about that for sure. Heck look at the 4509 vs Q4509 issue. |
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Jay Honeck wrote:
I went with the RMD lights because they're the same product, but half the price, compared to the Boom Beam. Those suckers are BRIGHT. And, no filament to break. They're warrantied for thousands of hours, just like the Boom Beam. Just curious: Do you fly with them on all the time? Absolutely. -jav |
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