Beacon Position

[Pinecone]

I would appreciate if someone with a Mid body and a lower beacon could take some measurements of the location of the beacon, I would appreciate it.

I would like to add a beacon.  1)  It is a good safety thing for ground ops to let people know that the engine is running or about to run.   And 2), if you leave it on all the time, a quick glance as you walk away lets you know you turned the master off.

 

[N201MKTurbo]

If you get one of the new LED beacons, which are really just red strobes, they are so small, you could put them just about anywhere. I would pick a location that has good visibility and easy access to the wires.

[Ron McBride]

Look in the tail cone, wiring may be there, also look at the belly, you may find the correct location.   Yes go for the led.

[Marc_B]

Not quite measurements, but at least you get a sense of where my beacon is located.  A couple of rivets were new and painted over from AP servo install.  But beacon was original install location, just replaced with LED.

Marc.

[Pinecone]

I am going with LED.  Not the streamlined one as that was more than full AMU over the round one.

This one - https://www.gallagheraviationllc.com/WAT-28V-OR36R2N-Red-LED-Beacon-28-VDC-26-Base_p_177.html

What I need is the fore and aft position on the tail cone.  I know it goes centerline.

[Marc_B]

Mine is just forward of the static port but I think it’s more of just keeping it away from servos brackets. So I think you have a fairly wide fore-aft area to place it. And it’s also not on the center line but more on the right of center. 

[Slick Nick]

@Marc_B I realize this is an older thread, have you got any photos of the backside of the beacon, from inside the tail cone? 

[Marc_B]

@Slick Nick I couldn't find any that showed the inside.  Its currently at the shop so won't be able to get those for a bit.

[Pinecone]

Not sure when the tail will be open, but I will try to remember to get a shot when it is.

What are you looking for?