Mike,

best to your questions below... and will try to snap some photos when I get home.

 Jeff

Posted for "Mike Wynn" <wynaire@citlink.net>:

 Hello Jeff,
 Thanks a lot for the super info article on your rudder light.! Saved my bacon 
{head scratching over which and what LED to start experimenting with] and 
timely.
 If you have time, please address a few more details that will with help with 
my follow-on {yours} installation.
 1. Type of electrical connector you used for the flex lead carrying the 14v 
to the rudder?

 

  -Near the bottom of the rudder is an access panel for the elevator horn.

  Just inside that panel I hysol'd in a small barrier strip.  I use crimp-on ring terminals on the

  wires from the LED.

 2. Did you "lay" the light-pipe on a rudder rib for vertical support?

  -No.  The rudder was already closed out and primed so I just picked a spot near the top.

  Locating the pipe up high minimizes the length of the light pipe. I used a generous amount of hysol

  to pot the output end into the notch I cut into the trailing edge. I also used hysol 

  where the input end goes through the vertical structure of the rudder.

 3. Any thoughts about mounting the LED in V-Stab spar directed onto the 
light-pipe [forward end]?

  -I mounted two nut-plates to a 3/8 " wide strip of scrap aluminum sheet. Then bonded

  that in place with hysol, inside the rudder, as a mount for the heat sink. Had to thread the 

  nut-plate-carrier thorugh the 1 inch hole I made for the LED.  Sketches attached.

  I had the heat sink screwed in place while the hysol set. 

 4. Other creative uses for LED lighting in your plane? Wing-tip LED lighting 
is on my list as well.

  -Sure. Please look up my other posts.
 5. Have you experimented with LED wig-wagging at the tips, rudder or on the 
landing gear?

   - Made a wing tip strobe, but not Wig-Wag landing lights.
 My sincere thanks in advance for any replies,
 Mike Wynn
 LNC2 # 293, and wiring.. ;)