I've got one of each, FL in left wing and BD on the right side. I have a tail dragger 6 and was unhappy with my taxi lighting with 2 squadron pros. If I adjusted one or both of them so I could see to taxi, I couldn't see the runway while landing. I now have both of sides adjusted for landing and gunsighted towards centerline. That means that I'm seeing the tops of hangars and trees while taxiing. The new FlyLeds light on the left side has one light angled down and with a diffuser to scatter the light, it works pretty well for taxi. The Baja Designs in the right wing is brighter and flings more light down range than the FL and is pretty much useless for taxi. That's not unexpected since it has 4 spots and the FL only 3 along with the one that is aimed down. At 100yds, tail up, the the BD appeared more focused on a hangar at the end of the row than the FL which lit it, but seemed more diffuse. When I stood in front of the lights, my shadow on the building was darker and sharper on the BD side.
My conclusion:
I really like the Baja Designs Squadron Pro for landing light. In a nose wheel airplane two of them would be fantastic. You would get plenty of scatter on the immediate area in front of the plane and the view over the cowl is unimpeded. For a tailwheel airplane, it is so focused that it can't be adjusted properly for both landing and taxi. The version with "cornering" lenses on the bottom two lights might be better for that but would likely sacrifice down range light to some degree.
The FlyLeds light has the design feature of having one of it's four lights independently aimable and the option of a diffuser lens on it to scatter the light more broadly. This works reasonably well. The trade off for somewhat less down range lighting is worthwhile in my opinion as I had to choose pretty much no down range lighting to get decent taxi coverage before.
I'm going to stick with this hybrid setup. The increased lighting in approach and tail up rollout is worth the lack of taxi lighting on the right side. With my tail down, the cowl blocks so much of the view that having light over there doesn't help much anyway. I usually put the taxiway centerline just off the left side of my cowl, day or night, and make right turns with extra care.
Ed Holyoke
My conclusion:
I really like the Baja Designs Squadron Pro for landing light. In a nose wheel airplane two of them would be fantastic. You would get plenty of scatter on the immediate area in front of the plane and the view over the cowl is unimpeded. For a tailwheel airplane, it is so focused that it can't be adjusted properly for both landing and taxi. The version with "cornering" lenses on the bottom two lights might be better for that but would likely sacrifice down range light to some degree.
The FlyLeds light has the design feature of having one of it's four lights independently aimable and the option of a diffuser lens on it to scatter the light more broadly. This works reasonably well. The trade off for somewhat less down range lighting is worthwhile in my opinion as I had to choose pretty much no down range lighting to get decent taxi coverage before.
I'm going to stick with this hybrid setup. The increased lighting in approach and tail up rollout is worth the lack of taxi lighting on the right side. With my tail down, the cowl blocks so much of the view that having light over there doesn't help much anyway. I usually put the taxiway centerline just off the left side of my cowl, day or night, and make right turns with extra care.
Ed Holyoke