Fiber optic guide for nav lights

I was wondering if anyone has considered using a lightpipe or
fiberoptic bundle for nav lights. I am considering it for the rear nav
light (white) on my Europa. Is it feasible? Anyone know where I can buy
these lightpipes?

I should clarify. I don't mean the small acrylic stub on Cessna wings
that lets you see the nav light from the cockpit. What I mean is a
lightpipe to send the light from an LED illuminator lcoated inside the
fuselage to the tip of the rudder (or wings).

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I should clarify. I don't mean the small acrylic stub on Cessna wings
that lets you see the nav light from the cockpit. What I mean is a
lightpipe to send the light from an LED illuminator lcoated inside the
fuselage to the tip of the rudder (or wings).\

I don't see the advantage of doing what you are proposing.

The typical nav LED nav light has a cluster of several LED's, both for
pattern, and for brightness. I don't believe you could get the necessary
brightness for one location, let alone multiple locations, using a single
LED, or even a couple.

Even if you clustered the LED's at a central location, and piped them out to
the remote locations using fiber optics, do you think the weight or
complexity would be less? I can't imagine how. You might need lenses to
correctly distibute the light also, which would not be needed with the LED's
out at the locations.
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Jim in NC