I know there are other threads about landing light locations, leading edge of the wing vs nose bowl vs wing tip etc. but I thought I’d offer another potential solution. I thought about all of the standard options for locating the light and had nearly settled on the wing tip location. That is until I stumbled upon a kitplanes article some months back. The article highlighted Legends MOAC super cub, a very beautiful airplane. As I made my way through the article a hinged light on the bottom side of the wing caught my eye. Only a few sentences in the article touched on this photo and the info was pretty minimal but I hung onto the words “retractable landing light.”
I thought it was super neat and decided I had to have one. In the kitplanes article they mention that the light is actuated by a servo but that’s about all they say. So what did I do? I picked up the phone, called Legend, spent 15 min on the phone trying to sweet talking the female operator into divulging proprietary information on their design. Needless to say that didn’t work. So I called back from a different number and asked for the guys in the shop, they weren’t about to give away any secrets either. It was worth a shot
I thought it was super neat and decided I had to have one. In the kitplanes article they mention that the light is actuated by a servo but that’s about all they say. So what did I do? I picked up the phone, called Legend, spent 15 min on the phone trying to sweet talking the female operator into divulging proprietary information on their design. Needless to say that didn’t work. So I called back from a different number and asked for the guys in the shop, they weren’t about to give away any secrets either. It was worth a shot
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