LED Landing and Taxi Lights
Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2024 8:40 pm
After reading through many, many pages here discussing landing/taxi lights, I'm left wondering if recent developments have changed owners opinions about LED lights.
I have always used the GE incandescent light bulbs but since one of mine burned out I started looking at alternatives. I don't fly at night very often but find I am turning on my light more and more for recognition purposes. Longer bulb life would be desirable.
I have visited the AeroLED and WAT web sites, and being a nickel nose, as my wife puts it, I order a pair of PAR36 landing and taxi lights made by Handxen from Amazon for about $80 that seemed comparable. They do not have the standard screw mount electrical connecting but do fit in my 170B brackets.
I fudged a temporary connection to see what they looked like. They are bright white in appearance but when I point them at the inside of the hangar door, they both project a broader pattern than the GE4509 and the 4509 more concentrated beam is obviously brighter than the LED. I should have taken a photo but did not.
Since this subject has been discussed in the Hangar, both WAT and AeroLED have come out with what they claim are 40% brighter bulbs so I'm wondering if anyone has installed them and how they like them. AvWeb's comparison video from 2017 predates advancements in both products.
I also note there appears to be no way to purchase Goodies For Pilot's LEDs, which some have installed, on their web site. Are they still in business?
I have always used the GE incandescent light bulbs but since one of mine burned out I started looking at alternatives. I don't fly at night very often but find I am turning on my light more and more for recognition purposes. Longer bulb life would be desirable.
I have visited the AeroLED and WAT web sites, and being a nickel nose, as my wife puts it, I order a pair of PAR36 landing and taxi lights made by Handxen from Amazon for about $80 that seemed comparable. They do not have the standard screw mount electrical connecting but do fit in my 170B brackets.
I fudged a temporary connection to see what they looked like. They are bright white in appearance but when I point them at the inside of the hangar door, they both project a broader pattern than the GE4509 and the 4509 more concentrated beam is obviously brighter than the LED. I should have taken a photo but did not.
Since this subject has been discussed in the Hangar, both WAT and AeroLED have come out with what they claim are 40% brighter bulbs so I'm wondering if anyone has installed them and how they like them. AvWeb's comparison video from 2017 predates advancements in both products.
I also note there appears to be no way to purchase Goodies For Pilot's LEDs, which some have installed, on their web site. Are they still in business?