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Eliacim.
I found strobes not very effective for collision prevention at daytime.
By watching the traffic on airports I found the beacons are better seen.
If you care about being seen I would leave the system as it is and turn
it
on when approaching an air field. This is the area where it is needed
most.
If you insist on strobes for the homebuilt market, have your mechanic
file a
337 and see if that goes trough. There are Faa-PMA strobes on the market
too.
I think there is a certain candle power required for a strobe on
certified
planes. I am not sure if your Mini-Strobe is designed to have that power
output.
So instead of spending a hundred bucks for a strobe that might not fit
and
will cause certification trouble, why not spend 30 bucks more and buy a
strobe that is designed to legally replace your rotating beacon?
Get one from Skyport:
FS4400-12V FLIGHT STROBE (intended for belly mount) 850 effective candle
power - 12 volt-3 amp, with
CLEAR LENS. Available with RED LENS or combined RED-CLEAR LENS. (Add
$10.00)
Directly replaces short life rotating beacons 3 ¾ in
diameter................................................ $ 129.00
http://skyportservices.net/
Hartmut
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>
> Now... some welcome relief from SB32!!
>
> My plane has some red Aeroflash beacons (top and bottom) which have two
> problems:
>
> 1. They draw a whooping 10 amps, eating my generator's output (13 amps
> back on
> the good days, when it was young) so that if I run the beacon
> continuously
> per
> regs, my battery is discharged by the time I land and I can't restart.
>
> 2. They are not as effective as strobes, for collision prevention.
>
> I found some strobes (Kuntzleman SC103) which are lightweight and only
> draw
> 1/2 an ampere each. The problem is that they are meant for ultralights
> and
> are
> not STC, PMA, FBI, CIA, FEMA, etc etc.
>
> What would it require to install them legally in my plane?
>
> Eliacim
> N87071
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