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[rahulchoudhary73]

Alright, what's a good word for a feather that rises in the breeze and
settles back on the ground by itself? "floats" feels amphibious and
"drifts" feels passive&unguided. Great cinematic treatment, was born in
that year. JLSgull ought to have globe trotted with a ladygull, a well
trained pair of birds in love may be harder to film I guess.
Soft landings, Rahul

[rahulchoudhary73]

wow, 2007. The Odyssey must've five years old by then. Mrs. Blaswich flies?
chlldren, grandchildren?

I was 37 (2010 winters), when I discovered the Odyssey over the internet
from India. took me three months of research, backtracked twice until I
finally found it from a list of like a 1000 light aircrafts, and four
shortlisted ones. was planning to migrate to North America then, still am.
but the cash for plane's all gone now. will earn some again in a couple
more years I wish. touchwood.

[wsweidemann]

Joel,

I had wingtip strobes only (no constant position lights), good for daytime only. I am skeptical about any daytime advantages to strobes.

This is my opinion only, but I would keep it simple, embrace flying during good weather daylight hours & not spend any more resources on add-ons.

Skot Weidemann

(Former owner of HKS Odyssey N159BS in Middleton, WIsconsin)

www.weidemannphoto.com

[blaswichk]

That’s ok if you fly from a quiet field. up here in Arlington it gets quite busy in the pattern and I turn on ALL my lights. Better to be seen at the last minute than getting run-over. I took a tip from my Titan friends and mounted an high power led in the wing-tip, and my strobe on the belly. We also like to fly in the evening at dusk air is just so smooth, and the lights are nice to taxi with. Light-em up I say! Oh, and of course your listening on the radio and make ALL position reports. we can have 4 or 5 planes going round and round.
Kess, Blue Streak Special, Gull 2000 with mods, N3776A.

[mkoxxy]

I mounted a Kuntzleman LED strobe under the belly, and another on top of
the cowl - easy to disconnect when I remove the wing for the winter. Since
I fly my eGull as an Ultralight, I'm not allowed to fly in the dark.
However, I have to say I'm disappointed at the brightness - even in clear
air, they are not visible from more than a few hundred feet away.
Landing lights - even in daylight - make us much more visible to other
aircraft holding for take off.
Martin, 2013 eGull

[earthstaraircraft]

I am not happy with the Kuntzleman, not very bright.

Happy Flying,
Mark

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[hashbang@gmail.com]

Thanks for the thoughts. I'm all about just flying it, but I'm also thinking safety. I don't usually do a lot of night flying, but every little bit helps especially as the day shortens.


I've not been impressed with the LED offerings. They are either junky looking or outrageously expensive.



I'm also looking at getting a Trig TT22 transponder, since I'm currently flying without one. Also looking to expand my radar visibility as well.


Joel

[rahulchoudhary73]

Is this allowed? Has a 360° light aspect ratio with a rated 2 miles visibility.

http://www.policeballisticshield.com/gu ... angel.html

2cents,
Rahul

[raystl1]

To be seen, my Pipistrel had Powerburst combo lights with white strobes on each wingtip. I always had all my lights on but was almost never seen. The strobes were 24 W peak (for both?). They made no claims about meeting requirements. Lesson learned.



Red strobes are better than white in daytime. My eGull will have two Aviolights RedEye strobes with 40W peak power each. They claim brightness “much higher than requirements”.



Ray

[hashbang@gmail.com]

I found the Avio LEDs in my search, and the price seems the best price vs performance. Was hoping to find some opinions from owners, since there isn't much on the web in terms of reviews. I would get a couple of the strobes and the SkyNav 360s.