REFLECTOR: canard landing lights

[Andy Millin]

Don,

 

I had originally planned on putting the lights in  my canard.  Reports were
that the curve of the lens for the canard was dispersing the light so much
that it was not effective as a landing light.  In the end it was more of a
recognition or running light.  I decided not to put them in.  On the heat
issue, I would imagine having 90+ MPH wind over the thing will keep it cool.

 

Andy

 

From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
Behalf Of Don Johnston
Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2009 10:47 AM
To: reflector at tvbf.org
Subject: REFLECTOR: canard landing lights

 

For those of you that have landing lights in the canard:

 

Have you done anything for ventilation/cooling? I just did a test run on
mine and after 5 minutes the lenses started getting soft. I don't know if I
need to go with thicker lenses (I'm currently using 3/32") or trying to move
some air through the cavity to keep things cool. 

 

-Don Johnston

XL-RG

 

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