I replaced the van Halogen 55/60 watt lamps 4 years back for the aftermarket H.I.D. lamps 35 watts easy to do, put in transformers some cabling and replace lamps, done.
I opted for 5600 color, white with a hint of blue, makes the road signs easier to read ( lots of blue ones here)
"If the Republicans will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop
telling the truth about them." - Adlai Stevenson (1900-1965)
“I’m not liberal/conservative, I’m anti-idiotarian.”
At some point in the last 20 years, the left moved to the center, and the right moved into a mental institution
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HID is good and can be somewhat inexpensive if you go for something like dealextreme.
The aircraft landing lights are downright cheap.
High output halogen are only a bit more expensive than the regular and put out much more light for the watts used.
I got the light bar for all of $50 with some burned out lamps and a defective rotator assembly, the connector had broken so somebody wired it direct and broke that!
I simply drilled holes into the board and threaded brass nuts and bolts and cropped of the excess board.
This has both alley lights and front facing lights with the entire rest yellow and 2 speakers.
55 watt halogen capsules in the rotators and 250 watt landing lights front plus 1157y for turn with a pair in series for extra dim marker lights and regular connection for turn.
Again, all of this was done on the cheap.
I did not count the lightbar this time around as it is been on for well over 10 years now.
It's been a long time since I flew an airplane but I do remember that Cessna switched to a 24V system back in the mid-Eighties. Small aircraft built before that all had 12v systems--except for the 1940s-era Taylorcraft I flew, which had no electrical system at all. I had to prop-start that thing, something that I never quite got comfortable doing.
All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.
Chicken! Used to hook an arm through the "window/door" of the Cub, stick a foot under the front of the wheel and pull the prop down smartly many times. Almost always caught on a single flip. Still have all of my fingers (and toes).Originally Posted by KJ6BSO
The scary part is when you prop for somebody else and stand in front wondering if the asshat has set the throttle too open. That's when you make damn sure you don't wrap those digits around the edge of the prop and you are well to the side.
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