Wig wag question

Joe Casey · Post by **Joe Casey** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 8:59 am

I Heard that the later models of the Airbus have their landing lites on a wig wag circuit (activated by the flaps)... anybody doing this on an RV? Anyone have any ideas about the wiring issues involved?

cjensen · Post by **cjensen** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 1:41 pm

Lots of RV's out there with wigwag. I think you just buy the wigwag box, run the wires, and plug it in...

Wicked Stick · Post by **Wicked Stick** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 1:53 pm

Agreed, just use the wig wag box hooked up to a panel switch.

I suppose if you want to get fancy though, you could find a way to hook it up so it works with flaps using a micro switch device to activate them.

jim_geo · Post by **jim_geo** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 2:06 pm

It would be nice to be able to use the wig wag with or without the flaps.

svanarts · Post by **svanarts** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 2:49 pm

I used Bob Knuckoll's wig wag unit which is basicall a turn signal flasher. Works great. I turn it on whenever I enter a traffic area of any kind. Also turn it on whenever visibility is poor. I agree with the others, you may find you want to turn it on more often than just when you delpoy flaps. Standard disclaimer applies; it's your airplane build the one that you will enjoy most.

painless · Post by **painless** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 8:29 am

If you used a microswitch on the flaps to activiate the wig-wags, you would still need some sort of switch to over-ride that so you could just turn on your taxi and landing lights and not have them flash.

To me, it's just simpler to add "activate wigwag" to the old GUMPS prelanding checklist.

FWIW, I used a Galls flasher (used on police cars) for my wigwags.

cjensen · Post by **cjensen** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 8:39 am

painless wrote:FWIW, I used a Galls flasher (used on police cars) for my wigwags.

I had a Galls flasher on my last RX-7...worked great, and I know I could get the attention of someone in front of me!

That's what I will use if I put wigwags in.

painless · Post by **painless** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 3:50 pm

cjensen wrote:
painless wrote:FWIW, I used a Galls flasher (used on police cars) for my wigwags.
I had a Galls flasher on my last RX-7...worked great, and I know I could get the attention of someone in front of me!

That's what I will use if I put wigwags in.

Yeah, and what's cool is Galls sends you catalogs for awhile of police stuff!