LANCECASPER Posted July 6, 2022 Report Posted July 6, 2022 When the Acclaim came out back in 2006 I didn't care for the Whelen 600 series Nav/Strobe that Mooney went with. I've heard other people describe them as a wart on the wingtip. File photo: The previous enclosure on the wingtip on the Bravo/Ovation/Encore/Allegro, etc looked a lot better. I was sure that Whelen made an LED upgrade, but my first thought after I recently bought the airplane in November was just to leave them in place until they started to fail down the road. But then I saw an Ultra at the Factory Service Center with the new Whelen LEDs - so much better looking. File photo: I began to justify it by thinking that if I did it when everything worked that my power supplies would still be worth something, but if I waited until something failed then they would be worth nothing. On Monday I ordered the Whelen OR6002R (Red), OR6002G (Green) and OR5002V (Tail) from @OSUAV8TER. James shipped out yesterday and I received them at 11:30 this morning. I got the wiring done yesterday and finished up this afternoon. I sold my power supplies and covered 1/3 of the cost. 2 Quote
KSMooniac Posted July 6, 2022 Report Posted July 6, 2022 You will love them! I replaced my vintage J (blunt wingtip) lights with Whelen Orion LEDs in 2017, and then further upgraded last year with the Aveo STC wingtips & integrated LEDs. I wish Mooney had done something like this instead for the newest models, and perhaps with forward-facing recognition/landing/taxi lights too. It looks so much better than the stick-on lights, especially for an airframe that is otherwise sleek and fast. (to be fair, many bizjets have the warts too) 2 Quote
OSUAV8TER Posted July 7, 2022 Report Posted July 7, 2022 Thanks for the PIREP Lance! The Orion 600 is one of my favorite WAT lamps. James Quote
Geoff Posted July 17, 2023 Report Posted July 17, 2023 Would you post a pick of the retrofitted lights? Does the footprint/form factor match the old one? Any paint work required? THX Quote
LANCECASPER Posted July 18, 2023 Author Report Posted July 18, 2023 @Geoff Same footprint. I didn’t have to painthttps://www.dropbox.com/s/78brtqf772y6nul/LEDSTROBE.JPG?dl=0Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Quote
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