IowaRV9Dreamer
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I already had the strobe power pack and wiring installed in my plane but I didn't have a nav light solution. I contacted Paul at FlyLEDs and he agreed to make me a kit that only had the nav lights (no LED strobes). He put it on the website and I bought, built, and installed it. This is my quick review.
The kit is very complete and high quality with good directions (you can get them on the website). You get 4 white circuit boards and some bags of parts. The first think you do is shape the boards to fit the wingtips. This took just a few minutes on my bench sander.
Next you have to do a bit of soldering, but the instructions are good. The LEDs are surface mount but not tiny and Paul provides a tube of heat sink compound to keep them running cool. There are a few resistors and connectors to add then you are done.
To mount my strobe tube, I located a place in the center of the board that didn't interfere with any of the traces for the nav lights. One Unibit hole later and my strobe tubes have a home.
Next was a bit of dremel work to make the tips accept the boards.
Finally I used exterior grade double stick tape to mount the boards in my wingtips.
Here is a look inside the wingtips:
Here is the final product:
They are VERY bright! The picture doesn't do it justice. The boards and LEDs run cool to the touch after a few minutes.
I highly recommend FlyLEDs for anyone interested in building their own nav lights. The kit was easy to build, very well priced, and I think it will work well. Now I need to do the lenses
The kit is very complete and high quality with good directions (you can get them on the website). You get 4 white circuit boards and some bags of parts. The first think you do is shape the boards to fit the wingtips. This took just a few minutes on my bench sander.
Next you have to do a bit of soldering, but the instructions are good. The LEDs are surface mount but not tiny and Paul provides a tube of heat sink compound to keep them running cool. There are a few resistors and connectors to add then you are done.
To mount my strobe tube, I located a place in the center of the board that didn't interfere with any of the traces for the nav lights. One Unibit hole later and my strobe tubes have a home.
Next was a bit of dremel work to make the tips accept the boards.
Finally I used exterior grade double stick tape to mount the boards in my wingtips.
Here is a look inside the wingtips:
Here is the final product:
They are VERY bright! The picture doesn't do it justice. The boards and LEDs run cool to the touch after a few minutes.
I highly recommend FlyLEDs for anyone interested in building their own nav lights. The kit was easy to build, very well priced, and I think it will work well. Now I need to do the lenses
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