Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: lml Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 19:37:32 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from imo-r08.mx.aol.com ([152.163.225.104] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1.3) with ESMTP id 2577519 for lml@lancaironline.net; Fri, 12 Sep 2003 17:23:43 -0400 Received: from AVIDWIZ@aol.com by imo-r08.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v36_r1.1.) id q.e4.3d939ae3 (16111) for ; Fri, 12 Sep 2003 17:23:37 -0400 (EDT) Received: from aol.com (mow-m13.webmail.aol.com [64.12.180.129]) by air-id12.mx.aol.com (v95.13) with ESMTP id MAILINID123-3eef3f623959267; Fri, 12 Sep 2003 17:23:37 -0400 X-Original-Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 17:23:37 -0400 From: AVIDWIZ@aol.com X-Original-To: lml@lancaironline.net Subject: Re: Ice Lights on IVP MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Original-Message-ID: <3A0FE1E0.55704981.001476CA@aol.com> X-Mailer: Atlas Mailer 2.0 X-AOL-IP: 67.120.13.233 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit John is right, Tony put ice lights on his IVP and my partner and I bought the plane in 2001. When we had the first annual done we discovered that the edge around the lights showed some small cracks and upon further investigation we saw that the only thing maintaining the pressure vessel was the lens of the light itself. For these two reasons and on the advice of our "Hired Gun" Lancair DAR Charlie Kohler we had the lights removed and covered over the hole. I believe this made it safer in terms of holding pressurization and as for looking for Ice I have just used a 2 inch mag lite which works fine for seeing the leading edge of the wing. Hope this helps Regards, Dave Riggs Hollywood CA