Saturday, January 26, 2019

Avionics - Nav Lights and Landing/Taxi Lights

Nav/Strobe Lights and Landing/Taxi Lights ( 4 hrs )

Completed mounting LH (green) and RH (red) Wing Tip Nav/Strobe Lights (Vans # LN-201-1)  per OP55-02 Steps 1-3.   Simple drilling and uni-bit to prep Wing Tip, then attached mounting plates.  Crimped Molex pins to 4 wires on each.  LN-201-1 comes with 4 Pin female Molex, but Wing kit wiring already has 5 Pin male Molex.  Aarrgghhh!  Vans OP55-03 shows 5 pin female Molex.  Since Wing has mounting slot set up for the 5 Pin, I'm contacting Vans to provide correct female 5 pin Molex connectors.   Meanwhile, completed Steps 1-4, Sect OP52A-01, "Aero LEDs Sunspot LX Landing and Taxi Lights":  Created (8) 10 mm long spacers.  Deburred all holes, edges and slots.   Added 8 nutplates.  Ready to prime and paint flat black.
RH ready to for mounting plate.  Slot allows Molex
connector to pass, if already done
Ready to mount light...but
added Molex pins first


RH side "done"...bottome LH light shown for reference
LH  done


time consuming to create 8 spacers each 10 mm long (w/o lathe)

deburring done...ready to add nutplates

Trial assembly.  Planning to prime and paint Mon
when weather is not so cold!