Flashlight Backup to the Backup

[Icebound]

Maybe you night flyers may be interested in something like this to throw
into the emergency kit:

5 inches overall, doesn't give the weight. Handcrank 2 minutes charges it
for 30 minutes of light. 3 bulbs: can use 1 to save power or all 3 to get
more light.

20 bucks US.

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[G.R. Patterson III]

Icebound wrote:
>
> Maybe you night flyers may be interested in something like this to throw
> into the emergency kit:

That's a great deal - thanks! It does bring up a question I've been meaning to ask.
How impact-resistant are LEDs? I drop regular flashlights a few times a year, and I'm
wondering if the LEDs will take that better than standard bulbs. Nothing quite like
having to drop what you're doing and head to the hardware store 'cause you just broke
your last bulb.

George Patterson
If a man gets into a fight 3,000 miles away from home, he *had* to have
been looking for it.

[Peter Duniho]

"G.R. Patterson III" > wrote in message
...
> That's a great deal - thanks! It does bring up a question I've
> been meaning to ask. How impact-resistant are LEDs?

They are so much more impact resistant as to make a comparison ludicrous. A
flashlight light bulb has a thin, fragile filament dangling loosely in the
middle, just waiting to be accelerated one direction or the other. And of
course, the entire thing is housed in a thin glass shell.

An LED is basically a solid piece of plastic and silicon with some conductor
embedded. You could take a hammer directly to it and smash it, but
otherwise it's pretty much impossible for it to be damaged by any force the
rest of the flashlight would survive.

Pete

[G.R. Patterson III]

Peter Duniho wrote:
>
> They are so much more impact resistant as to make a comparison ludicrous.

Thanks. Time to order a few presents.

George Patterson
If a man gets into a fight 3,000 miles away from home, he *had* to have
been looking for it.

[Jim Burns]

There are some $29 leather flight bags on Ebay for sale also. It took an
awful amount of self control not to order one yesterday.

Jim

"G.R. Patterson III" > wrote in message
...
>
>
> Peter Duniho wrote:
> >
> > They are so much more impact resistant as to make a comparison
ludicrous.
>
> Thanks. Time to order a few presents.
>
> George Patterson
> If a man gets into a fight 3,000 miles away from home, he *had* to
have
> been looking for it.


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[Scott D.]

On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 17:42:38 GMT, "G.R. Patterson III"
> wrote:

>That's a great deal - thanks! It does bring up a question I've been meaning to ask.
>How impact-resistant are LEDs? I drop regular flashlights a few times a year, and I'm
>wondering if the LEDs will take that better than standard bulbs. Nothing quite like
>having to drop what you're doing and head to the hardware store 'cause you just broke
>your last bulb.
>
>George Patterson

I have one of these attached to my headset.

http://www.tacticalflashlights.com/photon/microlight-two.htm

I took the ring off of it, and attached it with a small piece of
velcro. It has been there now for 5 years and about 1000 flight
hours. I check it every now and then and it still works like the day
I took it out of the package. You can either push the button in for a
momentary light or there is a small slide switch to keep the light on
for hands free use. Its so lite that I dont even know its there, plus
when I do need it, its right there and I dont need to go digging thru
my bag or a side pocket or have to worry about dropping it. With it
velcroed on, I know that the light is pointing in the direction my
head is looking or I can take it off and readjust it. You can also
change out the battery if you accidently leave it on and kill the
batteries.


Scott D

[tony roberts]

No, no, no.

You want cool?
Here's cool - I love them!

http://www.pinnacleproducts.biz/

Tony

--

Tony Roberts
PP-ASEL
VFR OTT
Night
Cessna 172H C-GICE


In article >,
"Icebound" > wrote:

> Maybe you night flyers may be interested in something like this to throw
> into the emergency kit:
>
> 5 inches overall, doesn't give the weight. Handcrank 2 minutes charges it
> for 30 minutes of light. 3 bulbs: can use 1 to save power or all 3 to get
> more light.
>
> 20 bucks US.
>
> Site will not display if you block cookies:
> http://www.leevalley.com/garden/page.asp?SID=&ccurrency=2&page=50240&category=
> 2,40725,45454
>
> Change currency=1 in the URL to get Canadian prices.

[Malcolm Teas]

"Icebound" > wrote in message >...
> Maybe you night flyers may be interested in something like this to throw
> into the emergency kit:
>
> 5 inches overall, doesn't give the weight. Handcrank 2 minutes charges it
> for 30 minutes of light. 3 bulbs: can use 1 to save power or all 3 to get
> more light.
>
> 20 bucks US.
>
> Site will not display if you block cookies:
> http://www.leevalley.com/garden/page.asp?SID=&ccurrency=2&page=50240&category=2,40725,45454
>
> Change currency=1 in the URL to get Canadian prices.

I always carry a couple items in my pocket: Two Photon Microlights,
(see http://www.photonlight.com/) one red and one white and a
Leatherman Micra. The lights get dropped, banged around and generally
abused. I just replace the wafer batteries every 6 months to a year.
No problem.

They make great backup flashlights that I can always find. Nice for
tracing wires under a desk at work, helping with preflight, or
handling failed panel lights for three examples of their use.
Lifetime of the batteries is some 5-6 hours continous usage.

The lights are allowed into Washington DC's museums and public
buildings, but the knife isn't. Causes a ruckus at the metal
detectors I've found. The lights pass right through though, along
with the metal ring I have them on.

-Malcolm Teas

[MC]

Icebound wrote:

> Maybe you night flyers may be interested in something like this to throw
> into the emergency kit:
>
> 5 inches overall, doesn't give the weight. Handcrank 2 minutes charges it
> for 30 minutes of light. 3 bulbs: can use 1 to save power or all 3 to get
> more light.
>
> 20 bucks US.

Do an experiment first to see how much it'll affect your compass.
I had one of those 'shake to charge' units and it has an
enormously-large magnetic field.
The hand-crank unit I now have will only affect the compass if
I place it very close by.

[Mackfly]

>From: MC

then

>> Maybe you night flyers may be interested in something like this to throw
>> into the emergency kit:
>>
>> 5 inches overall, doesn't give the weight. Handcrank 2 minutes charges it

Go to WalMart and buy a RayOVac head band light--uses 3 AAA cells has
blue/white LED (lasts for hours) a Red LED ( also will run for hours) and a
big ole white spot light function goes about 3 hours. About $15.00 Mac

[tony roberts]

Go visit http://www.pinnacleproducts.biz/index.html

Tony
--

Tony Roberts
PP-ASEL
VFR OTT
Night
Cessna 172H C-GICE

[zatatime]

On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 07:02:20 GMT, tony roberts >
wrote:

>Go visit http://www.pinnacleproducts.biz/index.html
>
>Tony


That's what I want for X-mas!!!

z

[Foster]

I took a Maglite AA and upgraded it with a TerraLux MiniStar2 LED. I
then load it with lithium AAs. The only problem is that if you don't use
a red filter, the light is probably too bright. There are lower
intensity LED upgrades available.

JJ

zatatime wrote:
> On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 07:02:20 GMT, tony roberts >
> wrote:
>
>
>>Go visit http://www.pinnacleproducts.biz/index.html
>>
>>Tony
>
>
>
> That's what I want for X-mas!!!
>
> z

[Larry Dighera]

On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 11:54:03 -0600, Foster > wrote
in >::

>I took a Maglite AA and upgraded it with a TerraLux MiniStar2 LED. I
>then load it with lithium AAs. The only problem is that if you don't use
>a red filter, the light is probably too bright. There are lower
>intensity LED upgrades available.

Just get a 555 timer IC and PWM the LED so that you can dim it.

[Royce Brown]

zatatime > writes:
> On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 07:02:20 GMT, tony roberts >
>wrote:
>
>>Go visit http://www.pinnacleproducts.biz/index.html
>>
>>Tony
>
>
>That's what I want for X-mas!!!
>
>z


That is pretty cool. I placed my order. Finally a good use for the ash
tray besides a place for gum wrappers.

[G.R. Patterson III]

Royce Brown wrote:
>
> That is pretty cool. I placed my order. Finally a good use for the ash
> tray besides a place for gum wrappers.

Yeah, it's nice. I found myself wishing that my plane had ashtrays.

George Patterson
The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.