For information, LEDs are already used in military applications as strobe lights, navigation lights, and formation lights. Why LEDs? Because they are easy to make NVG compatible (usable with night vision goggles). Serge F. VIDAL KR2 ZS-WEC (happily flying) Johannesburg, South Africa E-mail: [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Mark Jones Sent: 16/06/2003 04:13 To: KR Net Subject: KR>LED There has been a lot of talk in the past about using LED lights on the wing tips as an inexpensive alternate. The biggest debate was that the LED was directional and did not provide adequate light at an angle. Now available is the wide angle LED 1157 type bulb. Each bulb has twelve LED's which are all angled differently to give that wide field of view. I have not tried one of these yet as I already have the standard LED 1157 bulb. These might be worth taking a look at. Here is the link. http://www.geocities.com/acura99integra/index.htm Mark Jones (N886MJ) Wales, WI USA E-mail me at [email protected] Visit my KR-2S CorvAIRCRAFT web site at http://mywebpage.netscape.com/n886mj/homepage.html _______________________________________________ see KRnet list details at http://www.krnet.org/instructions.html
