Aeroled Sunspot 46 Pirep

[xcrmckenna]

So I swapped out my 4522 incandescent landing with LED when I did my oil change. Got up to the airport tonight to get a comparison.

 

First off I bought the light from PilotShop.com. When I opened up the light last week I noticed an inch scratch on the front of the lens. So I emailed PS and they got a new one sent to me that day without receiving the old one. I would of had the new one two days ago but UPS miss sorted it in Portland and sent it to Bend.

 

One thing I don't like about the light it has a plastic lens, not glass. The new one has a few small scratches on the inside. Kind of weird but I wasn't going to wait around for a third.

 

When I had the cowling off for the oil change I took the time to clean up the dirt and grim on the landing light hole and painted it gloss white. I figured it could only help reflect the light. I was pretty happy with the way it turned out.

 

The hanger I'm shinning the light on is 90' from the front of my plane. Stepping off the incandescent light it was about 8 paces wide, the led light was close to 20 paces. Standing in front of both lights the led was much brighter.

 

I really couldn't be happier:) I also replaced the cover lens on the cowl from knots2U. Thanks to Rbridges for sending me to them. I probably won't be doing any night flying in the plane till I get some more hours in it, but I know my landing light will not be turning off again:)

 

 

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[Guest]

Nice work Charles!

 

[Robert C.]

Great Pirep. thanks!

[xcrmckenna]

I know it's way more money than it should be but I'm glad I installed it.


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[xcrmckenna]

Another thing I like. Every time I walk up to my plane from the side the white paint inside the light well really stands out. I didn't know if there would be enough white to notice but it always draws my eyes to it.


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[thinwing]

Your really going to see the coyotes on the runway now!

[joegoersch]

Man, that looks great !  Any idea how it compares to the other Sunspot 46, the 01-2230-4580 that is marketed as a landing light rather than mixed, taxi/landing optics.  The newer one (link below) has a lot more lumens/voltage, but that's never the whole story...

https://aeroleds.com/products/sunspot-46-4580/

 

[xcrmckenna]

10 hours ago, joegoersch said:

Man, that looks great !  Any idea how it compares to the other Sunspot 46, the 01-2230-4580 that is marketed as a landing light rather than mixed, taxi/landing optics.  The newer one (link below) has a lot more lumens/voltage, but that's never the whole story...

https://aeroleds.com/products/sunspot-46-4580/

 

I haven’t, after spending $700 on this one it better be that last one I buy:) but brighter is always better. 

 

Ive has mine almost a year and love having it and it’s never turned off. 

 

This last march i upgraded the nav lights to whelen led’s.