Are LED Landing Lights Bright Enough?

Judge for yourself by viewing AVweb's latest product report video. Editorial director Paul Bertorelli demonstrates traditional incandescent bulbs, HIDs, and new-age LEDs. The results are revealing.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• LED
• HID
• landing-lights
• airplane
• bulbs

[AngelKiha31]

@VorzugLaster You are correct on the color temperatures, but incorrect on the light output. Usually, 5500k to 6000k are brightest, with brightness fading with higher color temperatures. The same goes for lower temperatures, but much more gradually than with higher temperatures. The best choice would be around the 6000k range, as that is close to bright white, easiest to see, and has the highest output.

[flexable222]

so i should go with 8000k then

[VorzugLaster]

@flexable222 those measurements (8000k / 6000k) are color temperature measurements and have little to do with brightness. 6000k is close to daylight where 8000k would be shady / cloudy and more of a bluish tint. Lumens, I believe, are the measurement of light output perceived by the human eye and would be the measurement you are looking for.

[flexable222]

the hid 8000k n 6000k which is brighter?

[ForensicThermal]

You should get them off ebay, 500,00 is way to much.

[skipde]

When we made LED's back int eh 70's- we called teh leads. Sorry, the guy is an old bastard like me and remembers when WE invented and made them......

[KB3MMX]

HID's are still the king for now

[FLjock01]

I appreciate the review. There was a comment about the LED landing light from "AeroLEDS", where he points out the beam is much broader (3:24). I'm curious if that was the "wide beam" model or the "narrow beam" model? The Narrow beam model is specifically for landing and has a greater beam distance.

[aaron8862006]

Conventions are conventions.

[bbtapb]

So what if he says "lead"? You probably pronounce other acronyms, like TAF, METAR, SID, STAR, and even OSH. LED? Just another TLA.