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Builder Name:Greg Kochersperger   -  
Project:   Vans - RV-10
Total Hours:1327.9
Total Flight Time:1.1
Start/Last Date:Jan 15, 2021 - No Finish Date
Engine:IO-540
Propeller:TBD
Panel:Garmin G3X
 
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Oct 08, 2022     Landing light install - (3.0 hours)       Category: Lighting
Decided to tackle the landing lights while wrapping up the other wiring. Hadn't quite figured yet how I would run the wires through the mounting plate; the FlyLed power connections are in the front of the light. I also wanted Toni corporate an adel clamp somewhere to provide some strain relief.

Decide to put the adel clamp on the back side of the bracket, very close to where the outboard molex connection would be. Then I drilled a hole through the face of the bracket to run the wire through with a rubber grommet.

Planning is easy; execution was challenging. Just getting both the mount and light into the bay requires a little bit of a dance. You do have access to the backside through the outboard wing rib, but everything has to come in from the hole in the leading edge. I wanted to use hex head #8 screws to mount the light but the nut plates were #10s. Drilled those out and replaced the nutplates with K1000-08s. Even with the hex head screws getting the light installed in the bracket it's everything inside the wing was difficult, but got it done.

Very patiently worked to get the brackets installed and wires routed, stripped and inserted into the friction connections on the Flyleds. Left enough room for a service loop behind the light and tied it up well to keep it clear if the heat sink. Much of the work was done laying on the floor looking up at the lights with the leading edge pointing down in the cradle.

The most difficult part was installing the lense now that the light is in place. I finally got the technique which I'm sure I will forget by the next time I have to touch these. I can only describe it as squeezing the lense like a taco and getting the whole lense above the light. Once inserted in the top, the bottom of lense just barely clears the light but it does.


 


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