LoPresti Aviation- Citation BoomBeam Lights

Electrical Load Analysis (28VDC system voltage)

Original LoPresti HID Boom Beam

Landing lights: 10.7 amperes

Wing taxi lights: 10.7 amperes

Main gear landing lights: 17.9 amperes

Total system requirement:
39.3 amperes

Landing lights: 8.2 amperes at start-up;
3.4 amperes steady state

Main gear lights: 8.2 amperes at start-up;
3.4 amperes steady state

Wing taxi lights: 8.2 amperes at start-up;
3.4 amperes steady state

Total system requirement:
10.2 amperes steady state

Illumination (maximum Candela)

Lights Stock LoPresti
Boom Beams

Landing 65,700 235,700

Wing Taxi 48,500 174,000

Main Gear Landing 109,600 429,600

Total Landing 175,300 665,300

Total Taxi 48,500 174,000

What Our Customers Experience

Like any pilot who has flown any 500 Series Citation, I have often found myself on short final “second-guessing” if I skipped the checklist item “Landing Lights -> On”, causing me to momentarily move my hand off the throttles and glance down to flip the switches On, only to realize that they were already On...!!

Needless to say, flying any 500 Series Citation into uncontrolled airports (the raison d’être for corporate aircraft) at night always brings tense moments as you strain to see any “dim” silhouettes or objects that might appear on the runway just in front of the aircraft as the original lights would not permit much advanced warning. I finally had an opportunity to “test” your new HID lights that were installed on our Citation 560 Ultra, with a flight landing late in the evening. WOW...!!!

Just to try and give you a slight representation of my “NEW” reality..... everything that is in the path of the new HID lights is now brighter and whiter than in the midday sunlight..!!

The lights are so bright and so white in contrast to the dim “yellow” original lights that, prior to crossing the threshold while still 20 to 40 feet in the air, I can see clearly the entire length of the runway confirming that it is free of any objects or animals (i.e. deer etc.).

In addition, for increased visibility and safety I now use the recognition lights and landing lights for every takeoff and landing during the day without the expense and concern of having to constantly replace one of the six lights which would frequently become unserviceable, (burnout) due to vibration encountered during flight and on the ground causing a filament to break. My conclusion after installing your HID light kit on our citation 560:

All of our night operations are much safer by greatly increasing pilot visibility and awareness while decreasing pilot stress
Reduced downtime and non-scheduled maintenance costs for repetitively replacing the original incandescent light bulbs