flyleds review follow up and Baja Designs LEDS
Hello all,
I didn't mention in my earlier video, (a couple post ago this thread), some very real advantages to the flyleds. First is the reduction in current draw from the old nav/strobes I had, I don't remember exactly but between the two it's somewhere in the neighborhood of 8 amps! Another big advantage was being able to take out the 2.1 pound flasher control which in my case was mounted a foot behind the aft baggage compartment bulkhead. My plane really needed to ditch this thing too because I'm a little tail heavy! Now if I could get rid of the ELT back there!
A word regarding the Baja Designs LED landing lights. I am very happy with them. Again the reduction in current.... from 12 amps down to 3.3 amps, (and that's per side!!!). Before replacing the nav/strobe/landing lights with all LEDs, I could only turn on my landing lights above 2000 RPM or so because of the large current draw. Now I can sit on the ramp at idle and have EVERYTHING on and no problems!
I took this time to also install the Wig Wag switch to increase my aircrafts visibility to others. I feel it's a huge increase in safety. These puppies are incredibly bright anyway and with them flashing it's even better!
When I was doing a little digging regarding wig wags, I read somewhere that Quantes Airlines installed some as a test on some of their commercial airliners. I don't know how they come up with their test results but the article stated there was a 10-50% reduction in bird strikes on the jets with wig wags installed. Hopefully it will have the same effect with general aviation airplanes as well.
And a final note. I had concerns of RFI but am very happy to report there is ZERO with either the Flyleds or the Baja Designs LEDS. I did use shielded wire as instructed with the Flyleds and I also used it with the Baja LEDs.
