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Pre-takeoff checklist
Any installation reports yet. Curious mostly about whether rudder re-balancing was required.
Speaking of tail or wing beacon .... I could not find 181 mentioned in their STC document.... what am I missing ?
181, apparently.
Probably not, since it is not on the rudder but the top of the vertical stabilator. From the uAvionix website:
"Remove your standard rear position light and replace with tailBeacon for ADS-B compliance. "
Local A&P will be installing one on a cherokee (not mine) this coming weekend and his Bonanza. Will post update after.
Up through the 1981 model year, yes. After that, the aft nav light at the top of the rudder was replaced by two aft-facing white lights, one in the strobe/nav light housing on each wingtip. So a Tail Beacon probably won't work on those.Mine’s on the rudder. Believe all PA28s are on the rudder.
This weight makes the issue of rudder balance moot.I doubt replacing an existing white navigation light with a TailBeacon would raise rudder balance issues.
My Warrior (PA-28-161)has a Grimes Model A2064 Tail light. It is shown in the equipment list as weighing 0.2 pounds. That's 90.8 grams (3.2 oz).