Most Strobes in GA aircraft, require a fair wack of power, during the day all they do is keep the pilot awake with annoying pings and zips in your headset speakers.
IIRC the battery operated ones use Xenon? Globes, but as always I could be wrong.......... Flight trials may provide answers to see if they increase visibility. Regards Ben ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Penrose" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia." <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 7:50 PM Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Keeping Visible > New technology has allowed us to build battery run flashing light > (damn can't remember what they are called) - like those found on light > aircraft. I believe in the past we were limited by power. > > I wonder if they would provide extra safety. > > Scott > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
