How do I turn off this light?

[Kayos]

How do I turn off the lights circled in red without turning off the formation lights in yellow?

[ZeeMan90]

In your Cockpit, right panel, there is a "Formation lights knob" turn it all the way the to left. The bars as well as the upper white lights will then turn off.

If you want the starboard and port side lights to go out as well you must switch off by pressing the pinky switch to the center. If you don't have a Warthog HOTAS is is LShiftl+P by default.

 

Edited May 3, 2017 by ZeeMan90

[Kayos]

I want to leave the bars on but turn the light on top & bottom off.

[kylekatarn720]

 

only use the third one from the EXT section.

[Andrei]

I want to leave the bars on but turn the light on top & bottom off.

 

I'm afraid you can't. Green formation lights come on with the white ones in simulator.

[ZeeMan90]

Pardon for not paying full attention. You can't. The only thing you can do is putting the throttle Pinky switch into the forward position or LAlt+P.

To turn them off again, switch the pinky switch to the centered position or LShift+P.

 

Summary:

 

Position lights (Green, Red and Back Light) ON: Throttle Pinky switch back position (LCtrl+ P)

 

Position lights (Green, Red, Back) and Upper Light ON: Throttle Pinky switch forward position (LAlt+ P)

 

Turn it all OFF: Throttle Pinky switch center (LShift + P)

 

Note that in the Pinky switch forward position your Positions lights (green,red and back light) will be steady, even if you switch to the FLASH position.

Edited May 3, 2017 by ZeeMan90

[BuzzU]

I'm curious why you want the white lights out?

[sideshow]

I'm curious why you want the white lights out?

 

IRL formation lights enable you to fly formation at night. They consist of the green strips (slime lights), which aren't powerful enough to give your position away, but bright enough to be seen by the flight. On the f-18 for say, they mark the nose, tail and vertical stabs. The white lights basically ruin that effect . Better question is does the real A-10 have bright obnoxious white lights that come on with formation lights?

 

https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/32026/why-do-aircraft-namely-military-need-use-formation-lights

 

Updated to add a link.

Edited May 3, 2017 by sideshow

[BuzzU]

I figured because the A-10c is into all the small details the lights were on for the real plane.

 

If they aren't it should have been fixed by now.

[Kayos]

You wouldn't think you would want to fly with the white lights on at night.

[BuzzU]

No, I wouldn't. So, why are they on?

[Frederf]

The whites and slimes are part of the formation lights system. If it is modeled properly set the formation lights to the night vision compatible setting and the low intensity white bulbs will replace the naked eye white bulbs. The formation bulbs in the NV setting are practically invisible while the slimes should be unaltered.

 

2. NVIS and NVIS Lights Switch. To support night vision devices, the A-10 uses lights on

the fuselage, wingtips and tail that are night vision compatible. The Night Vision Imaging

System (NVIS) switch, labeled NVIS LTS, has three positions: The up position labeled TOP

turns on the top fuselage NVIS light; the middle ALL position turns on all NVIS lights and

the button OFF setting turns all NVIS lights off. No function is this simulation.

[ZeeMan90]

I managed to find your thread on this matter Frederf.

 

As it is a very useful and in-depth explanation I will provide a link to it

 

https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=61290