KR> today's flight, LED nav lights?

[Mark Langford]

My plan for the day was to fly down to Pat Shows' place in Mississippi 
to see his KR collection for sale, but I ran out of time and decided to 
just fly around the patch, literally.  I did a big loop around 
Huntsville, landing at 10 airports in less than three hours, climbing as 
high as 6500' between airports, and burning 9.8 gallons of fuel in the 
process.

My main goal was to become more familiar with the iFly 720 and iEFIS as 
navigation aids, improve my approaches to strange airports, and to 
practice some crosswind landings.  It was windy and gusty, mostly 
crosswinds, and I gained a little more confidence during the 
flightdidn't manage to roll it up in a ball!  See enclosed flight path.

I was pushing my luck with sundown on the way back, and started 
wondering if anybody's surveyed the LED nav-light and strobe scene 
lately.  I think it's time for N891JF to sprout some nav lights and 
strobes.  I have a new Whelan Comet Flash that I'll likely use for 
strobes, but I'm sure LED nav-lights have come a long way since I bought 
the three for N56ML over 10 years ago.
-- 
Mark Langford
ML at N56ML.com
http://www.n56ml.com

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KR> today's flight, LED nav lights?

[John Bouyea]

Nice going Mark! That sure beats my flying around the patch today as I only got 
.6 and 1 landing. I need to tweak my RevFlow; it's running way too rich.

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Subject: KR> today's flight, LED nav lights?

...[but I ran out of time and decided to just fly around the patch, 
literally]...
--
Mark Langford

KR> Ar111-cw9w-30

[bjoenunley]

Thank you. ? I was having trouble finding the LED landing lights.?

Joe?


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 Original message From: Phillip Hill via KRnet 
 Date:01/24/2015  7:12 PM  (GMT-06:00) 
To: dean choitz ,KRnet  Subject: Re: KR> Ar111-cw9w-30 
Check this out

Product number: WL-45W-RTx
https://www.superbrightleds.com/moreinfo/led-work-light-lights/55-round-45w-heavy-duty-high-powered-led-work-light/1582/
5.5" round, 45W, 3.0A, 3825 Lumen, 10 deg spot.

Product number:  WL-40W-Rx
https://www.superbrightleds.com/moreinfo/led-work-light-lights/47-round-40w-heavy-duty-high-powered-led-work-light/1585/
4.7" round, 40W, 2.5A, 2800 Lumen, 10 deg spot.

OR

http://www.amazon.com/6K-LED-Universal-lighting-8degree/dp/B00AI2W2S8/ref=sr_1_33?s=automotive=UTF8=1387513463=1-33=led+spot+beams
4.5" round, 42W, 2.9A, 2590 Lumens, 8 deg spot.

There's some landing lights.


On Sat, Jan 24, 2015 at 4:16 PM, dean choitz via KRnet  wrote:

> Can't seem to locate that part number At the super bright LED site. Just
> may have to give them a phone call The canopy price was actually 820 not
> 860 I miss quoted that
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KR> Ar111-cw9w-30

[Phillip Hill]

Check this out

Product number: WL-45W-RTx
https://www.superbrightleds.com/moreinfo/led-work-light-lights/55-round-45w-heavy-duty-high-powered-led-work-light/1582/
5.5" round, 45W, 3.0A, 3825 Lumen, 10 deg spot.

Product number:  WL-40W-Rx
https://www.superbrightleds.com/moreinfo/led-work-light-lights/47-round-40w-heavy-duty-high-powered-led-work-light/1585/
4.7" round, 40W, 2.5A, 2800 Lumen, 10 deg spot.

OR

http://www.amazon.com/6K-LED-Universal-lighting-8degree/dp/B00AI2W2S8/ref=sr_1_33?s=automotive=UTF8=1387513463=1-33=led+spot+beams
4.5" round, 42W, 2.9A, 2590 Lumens, 8 deg spot.

There's some landing lights.


On Sat, Jan 24, 2015 at 4:16 PM, dean choitz via KRnet  wrote:

> Can't seem to locate that part number At the super bright LED site. Just
> may have to give them a phone call The canopy price was actually 820 not
> 860 I miss quoted that
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KR> Ar111-cw9w-30

[dean choitz]

Can't seem to locate that part number At the super bright LED site. Just
may have to give them a phone call The canopy price was actually 820 not
860 I miss quoted that

KR> Led landing light

[brian.kraut at eamanufacturing.com]

Unfortunately, with that bulb I expect you will be disappointed.  It is
only 600 lumens and has a very wide beam at 30 degrees.  The 4509
halogen bulb is about 5.5 degrees.  I have been developing an LED
landing light for several years and have done a ton of testing.  I just
finished a prototype PCB yesterday for mine and I expect to have them
built and for sale by Sun N Fun this year(yes, I know I have promised
that the past two years, but really mean it now).

With a 30 degree beam you will have about 3.3 candella per lumen at beam
center so a max of about 1980 candella.  I am using about 3680 lumens
with a much tighter beam that gives me about 37.3 candela per lumen so
my beam center is around 137,000 candella or about 70 times brighter.  I
don't have my 4509 halogen bulb measurements handy, but I am now about
1.5 times as bright as the halogen and mine uses about 35W of power.  I
will have the rectangular 8 LED light out first then I will finish the 7
LED 4509 round replacement.  I have attached a picture of the lens array
and PCB.  Hopefully it will come through.


 Original Message 
Subject: Re: KR> Led landing light
From: Jeff Scott via KRnet 
List-Post: krnet@list.krnet.org
Date: Thu, January 22, 2015 12:52 pm
To: krnet at list.krnet.org

I bought part # AR111-CW9W-30 from SuperbirghtLEDs.com. This is a drop
in replacement for GE-4509 100W landing lights I used in my KR and
SuperCub. Both planes had the landing lights mounted with this kit from
Aircraft Spruce: 11-08000 LEADING EDGE LANDING LIGHT KIT. Just removed
the 100W lights and installed the 11W LED lights in their place. Haven't
flown them at night yet, but they seem a bit more intense as recognition
lights with the wigwag. These lights are available in both cool white
and warm white colors.

For the last 18 years I have always smelled hot plastic when the landing
lights were on; even on as wigwags. I've never been able to determine
whether I was smelling hot wiring or hot plexiglass lenses and have
never found any heat damage to the wiring or landing light covers. But
regardless, I don't like smelling hot anything while in the air.
Additionally, with a generator rather than an alternator, my battery was
usually pretty well depleted by the time I got to the ground after
throttling back on approach, so I often times ended up landing with very
little light from the landing lights. The low draw (11W) LEDs should
address both issues, which is why I changed them out. My SuperCub has a
60 Amp alternator, so the draw of the landing lights isn't really
noticeable. I don't have plans to change out the landing lights on it
any time soon unless I find that I really like the lighting on the KR
when I get around to testing it at night.

-Jeff Scott
Los Alamos, NM


>
> What part number did you order and what kind of back do you need to hold
> that light

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KR> Greetings

[brian.kraut at eamanufacturing.com]

Depends on where you go and how tight your schedule is.  I fly my plane
for work all the time and my normal trips are 400-500 miles away.  I
occasionally will leave the day before when I have a morning meeting,
but by airline I would normally have to leave the day before for a
morning meeting anyway.  With a late morning or afternoon meeting I
check the weather the day before and decide depending on how iffy it is
if I will fly the next morning, fly the day before, or drive the day
before.  In about a dozen trips over the last year I went a day early
twice and drove once, but I always made it on time.


 Original Message 
Subject: Re: KR> Greetings
From: Dan Heath via KRnet 
List-Post: krnet@list.krnet.org
Date: Thu, January 22, 2015 3:32 am
To: "'Jeff Scott'" , "'KRnet'"


Yes, the KR is a really nice cross country aircraft. However, like many
GA
aircraft, and more importantly, like most GA pilots, if you and it are
not
IFR rated and current, you will most likely be having big trouble
depending
on it for travel on a schedule. IFR is the key to being able to get to
where you need to be at a specific time. 



And when it comes to engines, pay attention to Jeff. Don't mess around
with
your engine and don't skimp. As he says, it is YOUR ass in the seat.



See N64KR at  http://KRBuilder.org - Then click
on
the pics 



2015 KR Gathering - McMinnville, OR. September 3 - 6 -- See U There.



Peoples Choice at 2013 - KR Gathering in Mt. Vernon, Il - MVN 

Best KR at 2013 - KR Gathering in Mt. Vernon, Il - MVN 

Best Interior at 2013 - KR Gathering in Mt. Vernon, Il - MVN 

Best Paint at 2013 - KR Gathering in Mt. Vernon, Il - MVN 

Best Firwwall Forward at 2013 - KR Gathering in Mt. Vernon, Il - MVN 



Best Interior and Panel at 2008 - KR Gathering in Mt. Vernon, Il - MVN





Daniel R. Heath - Lexington, SC





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