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Help! Nighttime smoke illumination

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noelf

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I seem to recall some posts a few years ago of a group that installed belly lights to illuminate the smoke stream for night time viewing. I was unable to find this using the Search Function on the forums. Does anyone know who did this and what lighting was used?
 
noelf said:
I seem to recall some posts a few years ago of a group that installed belly lights to illuminate the smoke stream for night time viewing. I was unable to find this using the Search Function on the forums. Does anyone know who did this and what lighting was used?
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Try googling Aeroshell T-6. Some of their night performances should be on the EAA site or YouTube.
 
Yes, I found several non-RV teams. I am specifically looking for RV implementation. I "think" I recalled an RV group that tried several iterations and ended up with aft mounted, specific lamp selection, and simi-conformal belly mounted, aft pointing light.
 
noelf said:
Yes, I found several non-RV teams. I am specifically looking for RV implementation. I "think" I recalled an RV group that tried several iterations and ended up with aft mounted, specific lamp selection, and simi-conformal belly mounted, aft pointing light.
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I think Team AeroDynamix did this with their RV's. It looks like fire coming out the exhaust at night-- really cool. Ask Kahuna!
 
I saw them perform at night in Florida once, I was really impressed - it looked for the world that they were flying jets!
 
Team AeroDynamix

We used 6-inch Whelen LED landing lights mounted on the belly about 4 feet forward of the tailwheel. They were turned on with the smoke oil pump switch.
 
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