My Ercoupe does not have a nose bowl landing light, but my 172 does. I have found that the lamp must be installed with the filament vertical instead of horizontal to get any life out of the lamp.
Andy From: Bob Swinney Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 9:47 AM To: Syd Cohen Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ercoupe-tech] Landing Lights I have had the same bulb in my nose bowl light for over three years now (about 150Hrs) and it is still working.... Bob Syd Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: No drag penalty if the light is in the nosebowl, but I've been told that the bulbs don't last long due to engine vibration. Syd heavensounds wrote: OK... What about the nose bowl option? Eliacim ----- Original Message ----- From: Dan Hall <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Syd Cohen <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ; heavensounds <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: ercoupe-tech@ <mailto:[email protected]> yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 11:00 PM Subject: Re: [ercoupe-tech] Landing Lights Cut into the beautifully flush riveted and custom painted aluminum wings of my Ercoupe??? That's NOT going to happen gentlemen !!!! :-) If I really needed that extra 8 MPH I'd be flying an RV. Dan Hall N3968H ----- Original Message ----- From: heavensounds <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Syd Cohen <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: ercoupe-tech@ <mailto:[email protected]> yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 8:17 PM Subject: Re: [ercoupe-tech] Landing Lights Skyport has a kit to install them in the wings. If I was installing landing lights I would go that way. Eliacim ----- Original Message ----- From: Syd Cohen <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: ercoupe-tech@ <mailto:[email protected]> yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 9:45 PM Subject: Re: [ercoupe-tech] Landing Lights Yes, Dan, I am confident. I've done quite a bit of drag testing on Ercoupes. Syd Dan Hall wrote: Hi Syd, Are you confident that number - 8 MPH for two landing lights? The reason I ask is that I put two landing lights on the main gear fairings of my Ercoupe (no shades) about 5 years ago and it didn't seem to make that big of a difference however; I didn't take before and after measurements. I fly at night and also appreciate the visibility while flying here in very busy SoCal. Dan Hall N3968H&n bsp; ----- Original Message ----- From: Syd Cohen <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: ercoupe-tech@ <mailto:[email protected]> yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 7:07 PM Subject: Re: [ercoupe-tech] Landing Lights Just a caution, Ed. Each landing light assembly will cost you about 4 mph. Are you sure you want to do this? Syd Ed Granato wrote: I found two old farings with landing lights in them but I think they are too far gone to salvage. My existing farings are in great shape so one idea was to obtain a pair of cylindrical sections that house the lights and connect them to the farings already on the main gear. Does anyone have a pair of these or perhaps the entire faring-light combo in good shape that they would consider selling? _____ size=2 width="100%" align=center>
