# Wingtip lights
**URL:** https://sonexpilots.org/t/wingtip-lights/5424
**Category:** Onex
**Created:** [February 13, 2026, 7:39pm UTC](https://sonexpilots.org/t/wingtip-lights/5424 "2026-02-13T19:39:02Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@Txairmale](https://sonexpilots.org/u/Txairmale)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2026, 7:39pm UTC](https://sonexpilots.org/t/wingtip-lights/5424/1 "2026-02-13T19:39:02Z")
I purchsed LED wingtip lights with strobe and white position lights. With the wingtip design, the lights would be blocked from above. Has anyone come up with an alternative placement?
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### Author:  [@13brv3](https://sonexpilots.org/u/13brv3)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2026, 7:57pm UTC](https://sonexpilots.org/t/wingtip-lights/5424/2 "2026-02-13T19:57:55Z")
You’ll need to make a mount for the light that brings it out to where it’s not blocked. There are actually some on Thingiverse if you have a 3D printer and get lucky enough to have the same light. I’m using the Uavionix SkyBeacon and SkySensor so I had to make my own. Anyone who wants the .stl file can have it.
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### Author:  [@Bryan\_Cotton](https://sonexpilots.org/u/Bryan_Cotton)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2026, 8:01pm UTC](https://sonexpilots.org/t/wingtip-lights/5424/3 "2026-02-13T20:01:35Z")
I did the same - link to the files is here:
[https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2508987](https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2508987)
What lights do you have?
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### Author:  [@ampzapper](https://sonexpilots.org/u/ampzapper)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2026, 8:25pm UTC](https://sonexpilots.org/t/wingtip-lights/5424/4 "2026-02-13T20:25:45Z")
Gauge Pods are another option but they may or may not work with your lights. I was going to use them but they didn’t fit my AeroLEDs Pulsar 660s so I went the 3D printed route.
> **[Sonex angled Wingtip Strobe light Pods (L/R Pair) - GS Air Strobes](https://gaugepods.com/products/sonex-angled-wingtip-strobe-light-pods-l-r-pair?_pos=1&_sid=9a9d992a6&_ss=r)**
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> The wing pods were modeled to fit the GS-Air strobes, however, they should accommodate most if not all wing recognition/strobe formats available.Most builders are using four mounting points on each wing pod. these can be as simple as 4 aluminum...
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### Author:  [@Txairmale](https://sonexpilots.org/u/Txairmale)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2026, 9:18pm UTC](https://sonexpilots.org/t/wingtip-lights/5424/5 "2026-02-13T21:18:29Z")
I have the Aveo powerburst. I just noticed that a Sones wingtip mount if available! I’ll check into that or fabricate something. Thank you!!
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### Author:  [@Karmarepair](https://sonexpilots.org/u/Karmarepair)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2026, 3:09am UTC](https://sonexpilots.org/t/wingtip-lights/5424/6 "2026-02-14T03:09:06Z")
John is scowling at us for putting lights on a Day VFR Sportplane, but my project came with them, so I whittled “shims” out of softwood to fix the beam pattern and painted them.
[ ](https://eaabuilderslog.org/showmy.php?p=7fZQxebwn&z3=&i=416958417&l=260018&t=f&f=PXL_20240212_212206745.jpg)
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### Author:  [@SirPD](https://sonexpilots.org/u/SirPD)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2026, 3:20am UTC](https://sonexpilots.org/t/wingtip-lights/5424/7 "2026-02-14T03:20:00Z")
Welcome, Txairmale!. I made my skybeacon mount to extend about 2 in past the upper surface, out of fiberglas, riveted in, filled in with bondo, smoothed and painted. been working fine since 2017. 13BRV3 is exactly correct!
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### Author:  [@Bryan\_Cotton](https://sonexpilots.org/u/Bryan_Cotton)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2026, 3:54am UTC](https://sonexpilots.org/t/wingtip-lights/5424/8 "2026-02-14T03:54:49Z")
> [@Karmarepair](#):
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> Day VFR Sportplane
Some of us are burning up night VFR hours too!
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### Author:  [@ddeford](https://sonexpilots.org/u/ddeford)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2026, 12:46pm UTC](https://sonexpilots.org/t/wingtip-lights/5424/9 "2026-02-14T12:46:26Z")
> [@Txairmale](#):
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> I have the Aveo powerburst.
I have the same lights. I designed and 3D printed some stand-offs that would have worked fine (depending on the filament - I suggest PETG or nylon).
And then I decided to try making 3D printed composite molds. They turned out pretty well.
Here’s a link to the project on my GitHub where you can grab the STL files to print your own:
> **[3D\_Printable\_Parts\_For\_Sonex/Aveo PowerBurst NG Daylight Mount at main ·...](https://github.com/danderflieger/3D_Printable_Parts_For_Sonex/tree/main/Aveo%20PowerBurst%20NG%20Daylight%20Mount)**
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> A repository for 3D models and printable parts/tooling for my Sonex-B Aircraft Kit - danderflieger/3D\_Printable\_Parts\_For\_Sonex
It’s already been mentioned in the forum before, but here’s a link to my YouTube video covering the “forged” carbon fiber lay-up process for it:
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ez-ShBDtbDI)
I think you could just print the cavity and lay up a couple of layers of fiberglass/carbon fiber cloth without using the core to press-fit the material. It would certainly be lighter that way.
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### Author:  [@Txairmale](https://sonexpilots.org/u/Txairmale)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2026, 2:09pm UTC](https://sonexpilots.org/t/wingtip-lights/5424/10 "2026-02-14T14:09:50Z")
Thank you all very much. I’ll choose a solution from your suggestions!