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ken nougaret
07-24-2015, 06:48 PM
Does anyone have a source for wingtip nav/strobe standoffs? Can't seem to find at ACS.

mr bill
07-24-2015, 07:31 PM
Kitfox has them.

jiott
07-24-2015, 09:57 PM
Yes I used the Kitfox standoffs on my Hoerner wingtips. Kitfox also has standard wingtips with standoffs already molded in.

jiott
07-24-2015, 10:15 PM
Here's a photo of the Kitfox standoff on my Hoerner wingtip.

ken nougaret
07-25-2015, 04:50 AM
I have the regular style tips. Will the same standoffs work? Or maybe i dont even them. Hard to tell without cutting a hole first. I have the whelen 600 series nav/strobes.

Dorsal
07-25-2015, 06:14 AM
I used 1/8 ply (the stuff used for the ribs and such) cut out to the shape of the tip light. After sanding a flat spot on the wing tip, epoxied the ply on with a structural mix and filled the remaining gaps with micro. After some sanding and fairing it looks good (to me) and was relatively easy.

ken nougaret
07-25-2015, 08:33 AM
Good suggestion dorsal, thank you. Ken

jiott
07-25-2015, 10:14 AM
A call to Kitfox should answer whether it will fit the standard wingtip, but I like Dorsal's idea, probably no more work than gluing and fairing in the separate standoff piece. Then you have a custom shape for your particular strobe/nav lights. The bases for the different brands are NOT the same.

dginok
07-25-2015, 02:16 PM
I did exactly as Dorsal did, and did not even copy his idea as I have thousands of others from this site. :)

I had the Hoerner style standoffs, but gave them away, since they would require substantial modification to work on the basic tips that I also have.

I sanded a bit of a flat area onto the tip before gluing the plywood base.

steelhead37
07-30-2015, 09:39 AM
Thanks again for those Doug, Worked great!:D

Dorsal
07-30-2015, 01:47 PM
Looks good :)

dginok
07-30-2015, 05:35 PM
Great work Eric! Happy to help.