Installing a landing light blinker in an Archer

The specific exemption in part 43 is for TROUBLESHOOTING a landing light
circuit, not adding a part to it.

Jim

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Minor modifications as delineated in FAR part 43 can be accomplished with
a logbook entry by an airframe mechanic. Parts for a person's own
aircraft may be personally fabricated in accordance with 21.303(b)(2).

Jim

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Isn't there also a specific exemption for a landing light circuit?

The particular question in the Archer was how to hook up the pulsed output
across the landing-light switch. Since the LL rocker is essentially
inaccessible to everyone except the original assembly workers at Piper

Having installed our AvTek Pulsar (AKA: "The Blinky Thing") in Atlas, I can
assure you that the back of the landing light rocker switch is accessible.
Once you remove enough screws, the entire bank of rocker switches can be
pulled forward, allowing barely adequate access to the backside of the
switch.

It's not fun -- there are a lot of wires to be moved out of the way, which
always entails risk of damaging (or disconnecting) something else behind the
panel -- but I got 'er done. It also helps if you can dislocate your
wrists, and can actually see something at a distance of 9" - 14" from your
face -- a distance that I'm virtually blind at...
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
Ercoupe N94856
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Hehe... I could have written this....

We ARE visible now , HUH?

Dave



On Wed, 08 Apr 2009 04:20:20 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
wrote:

The particular question in the Archer was how to hook up the pulsed output
across the landing-light switch. Since the LL rocker is essentially
inaccessible to everyone except the original assembly workers at Piper

Having installed our AvTek Pulsar (AKA: "The Blinky Thing") in Atlas, I can
assure you that the back of the landing light rocker switch is accessible.
Once you remove enough screws, the entire bank of rocker switches can be
pulled forward, allowing barely adequate access to the backside of the
switch.

It's not fun -- there are a lot of wires to be moved out of the way, which
always entails risk of damaging (or disconnecting) something else behind the
panel -- but I got 'er done. It also helps if you can dislocate your
wrists, and can actually see something at a distance of 9" - 14" from your
face -- a distance that I'm virtually blind at...

Hehe... I could have written this....

We ARE visible now , HUH?

Yeah, I'm surprised we haven't generated any UFO reports...

;-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
Ercoupe N94856
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

I watched Cory arrive at night a couple of months ago with our
Warrior.. NO DOUBT which plane was him MILES away...

And on the approach, he looked like an airliner!

Tower here has ID'd us at 22 miles.... (!)

Dave


On Wed, 08 Apr 2009 16:45:57 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
wrote:

Hehe... I could have written this....

We ARE visible now , HUH?

Yeah, I'm surprised we haven't generated any UFO reports...

;-)