[hharney]

While Larry and I were flying the circuit and Carl was taking video of our precise control I noticed that my landing lights were brighter than Larry’s. I have standard aircraft beams and I really don’t know what Larry has in his but the difference is huge. So I was thinking that maybe my lights were aimed differently than what Larry’s are. I decided to take some measurements on my skymaster to see if anyone else was interested in the way mine were aimed. Here is what I found:

On a flat concrete surface (hanger floor) I measured the following:

Center of nose spinner to ground 46 inches
Center of horizontal stabilizer to ground 68 inches
Nose to door 31 inches
Center of taxi light beam 63 inches (on door)
Center of landing light beam 80 inches (on door)

After seeing the video I am sure that you would agree that the lights on my skymaster are much more effective from the ground then the lights on Larry’s. The question is, How do the lights look in the air from another oncoming target? From the takeoff they still look a little brighter but I want to make sure my lights are not pointing down too much but are also effective in the air. Larry, we need to video air to air comparison too.

While on the subject, does any one have the new style low energy super bright aircraft lights? If there is a post on this sorry I should have looked first. Also, how about the pulse light system? Is that effective for traffic awareness?