Planecrazy232
Well Known Member
I have received so much information on this site that I wanted to give back by showing how I cut leading edge lighting into my plane.
When I bought my 6A it had a small dent in the outer portion of the right leading edge in the second bay. Hangar rash for sure from something bumping it. The plane had no nav lighting at all- so my mission was to add nav/strobes and landing/taxi lights.
After doing lots of research on what lighting to buy, (and getting sticker shock the whole time), I finally decided to go with the best I could buy- all certified LED lighting from Team Aerodynamix.
I'm not going to give a whole step by step as the very complete instructions that come with the leading edge kit do, but just what I did as far as cutting the holes in the wings.
So here is what I started with:
I cut out the templates as per the instructions and taped them in place:
Since this is a painted plane and the paint is 8 years old, I ran a heat gun into the end of the wing to warm things up before and during the cutting:
So here goes- deep breath-
continued.....
When I bought my 6A it had a small dent in the outer portion of the right leading edge in the second bay. Hangar rash for sure from something bumping it. The plane had no nav lighting at all- so my mission was to add nav/strobes and landing/taxi lights.
After doing lots of research on what lighting to buy, (and getting sticker shock the whole time), I finally decided to go with the best I could buy- all certified LED lighting from Team Aerodynamix.
I'm not going to give a whole step by step as the very complete instructions that come with the leading edge kit do, but just what I did as far as cutting the holes in the wings.
So here is what I started with:
I cut out the templates as per the instructions and taped them in place:
Since this is a painted plane and the paint is 8 years old, I ran a heat gun into the end of the wing to warm things up before and during the cutting:
So here goes- deep breath-
continued.....