Rebuilding my KR-2(kind of S)

On Sat, 03 Jan 2004 19:22:29 GMT, "Forrest" wrote:

:I figure that since I am quite new to aviation I must be coming off as kind
f dim-witted. I'm rebuilding this KR-2. It is an experimental. So I am
:experimenting. And trying to do something large cool on small money. And
:not small in aviation speak but small in po'folk speak.
: I've spoken to folks at the local FBO, EAA, posted to a couple of news
:groups, surfed the web and contacted 'experts' direct. I keep getting
:responses that say what I can't do or what I ought to do or all of the
:complexities involved that should just leave me terrified to do anything.
:So far no straight answers. So at the risk of seeming impetuous I'm going
:to try again except this time request no one respond who does not have a
:direct answer to the query. And maybe this time I can do a little better at
resenting my questions related to just only specifically merely one problem
:at a time.
:
:First problem; Navigation lights. My plane has none at this time. I want
:to imbed them into the wing tips before I start to repair the damage I am
:inflicting with my belt sander and grinder. Strobe lights too. The tail
:light was wired into the rudder but never installed. I want to put LED
:illumination for all points of light. If the damn plane never flies I don't
:care. I'm experimenting and want to create an inexpensive clean legal LED
:navigation and strobe lighting system for now so I'll try to stick to just
:that point.
:
:1. I've downloaded copies of FAR 23.1367 through 23.1401 from the AOPA
:web site.
:
:2. The angles of view referred to in parts 23.1391 through 23.1395 do not
:make clear sense to me.
: Does anyone know if the LEDs referred to as follows will work and stay
:within legal specs?
:
:3. In the Mouser catalog there is the Kingbright red LED part no.
:L934SRCD rated at luminous intensity of 500 to 700 at an angle of 50
:degrees.
: How does this compare to the FAR 23.1391 minimum intensity of 40
:candles?
: Is the 50 degrees referred to in the Mouser catalog to be considered
:conical?
: Will overlapping these LED beams cause a violation of 23.1395 somehow?
:
:Please understand that I am not trying to be rude... or dangerous. But the
:spirit of this is to find out who knows what I CAN do.

Here's a good place to start

http://www.periheliondesign.com/reda...tionlights.pdf