Lower belly strobe

[orionflt]

The whelen lower belly strobe bulb went bad on my Mooney and now i'm trying to decide if i should replace the A469B strobe tube assy or just remove it completely because i have the wing tip strobes that meet the requirements of the belly strobe. replacement costs are less then $80.00 but removing the strobe could add a knot or two to my airspeed......throwing it out there, what would you do?

 

Brian

[scottfromiowa]

I would replace the bulb. Cheap added safety.

[Andy95W]

And you won't blind others around you at night while taxiing with your wingtip strobes on. (Like the Cirrus guys do.)

And you'll have a backup anti-collision light for redundancy.

[Cody Stallings]

My A&P was replacing a couple switch/breakers today(47yrs old) on the fuel pump an strobe. Strobe popped a couple times after new switch installed an died.......Looks like a new belly strobe is in my future. Have no wingtip strobes.

Chris McClung@McClung Aviation says we are going to put a High output Whelen...... Are they any good? Never been around their products.

[Hank]

I used to have an old high voltage Whelen. It became intermittent, with a nice bright 500 V flash whenever it felt like it, be it 3 seconds or 5 minutes after the previous flash. Replaced it with a Whelen LED that fit the same hole, and used the same painted trim ring from the old one. It's about a third the size and seems even brighter. The headset buzz when it flashed is now gone, too.

[scottfromiowa]

In other news AssfromCB states he will sue me for all I am worth...

[AndyFromCB]

In other news AssfromCB states he will sue me for all I am worth...

 

No, I said: I could have some fun with you, if you don't quit threatening my personal well being. I really have no reasons to own a cookie cutter home in Cedar Rapids. Not my cup of tea. Not a big fan of cement board siding. So it's all good unless you move next door and tell me I cannot build a fence. Then I'll have to buy the whole damn grave yard behind me and show you how it's done ;-) I think they moved out but still have not been able to sell their house for a year. 

[scottfromiowa]

And THAT IS WHO YOU ARE. A little man with a lot of money.

[Cody Stallings]

Hmmm........... So the light is no good

[scottfromiowa]

Humour....