Sam Posted March 11, 2020 Posted March 11, 2020 Hey everyone, Does anybody know the proper procedure for exterior lighting ? What light should be turned on and when ? Should they be flashing or steady ? Is there any difference between night time and day time ? Is it the same procedure on field and carrier ? I found a post where Victory was saying that exterior lights were turned on when the aircraft was ready to launch at night on carrier, but that's about it. Thank you for your answer :)
Sharkh Posted March 11, 2020 Posted March 11, 2020 I like to do missions from cold start and I wondered also what light should I set on/off in different situatuations. So I am also curious if someone have the answer. :D FW 190 A-8, FW 190 D-9 Dora, MiG-15bis , Mig-21bis, AJS-37 Viggen , M-2000C, F-15C, F/A-18C, F-14, Supercarrier, NTTR, Normandy+WW2 assets, Combined Arms, Persian Gulf AMD Ryzen 2600x , ASUS Rog Strix B450-F, Corsair H100i, Corsair Vengeance 32GB 3000MHz DDR4, MSI RTX 2070 8G, ASUS Xonar DSX, Samsung EVO 970 SSD , PSU - Corsair RM750, Headtracking - EDtracker Pro Wired, 58" Screen, TM Warthog, Windows 10 64bit Home
punk Posted March 11, 2020 Posted March 11, 2020 https://www.cfinotebook.net/notebook/rules-and-regulations/aircraft-lighting This is for civilian operations. Military operations are a different matter and are exempted given the situation and service SOP. Punk [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
Sam Posted March 11, 2020 Author Posted March 11, 2020 Thanks Punk. I'm already familiar with civilian operations, and was wondering about the military. For example, I've seen USAF F-16s having their nav lights flashing for taxi and then steady for take off. (sometimes flashing for T/O as well)
Nealius Posted March 12, 2020 Posted March 12, 2020 What I was told by some Navy and Marine dudes, and there may be bits missing or incorrect: Daylight Anti-collision ON All other lights OFF If taking off or landing, Landing Light ON If in formation, lead has Anti-collision ON max brightness, everyone else has them dim Night "Night" is defined as the time between 30 minutes prior to sunset and 30 minutes after sunrise. Anti-collision ON Position ON STEADY Slimes AS REQUIRED Landing Light (don't know this one) Formation details (don't know this one) CV OPS Same as day/night EXCEPT: Landing Light always OFF (LSO needs to see that AoA repeater on the nose gear) Lights ON immediately before cat launch (lights ON substitutes pilot salute during night launches) Lights OFF immediately after trapping, prior to clearing the angled deck
draconus Posted March 12, 2020 Posted March 12, 2020 Don't forget to turn off all light at ingress and on again at egress on safe territory. Win10 i7-10700KF 32GB RTX4070S Quest 3 T16000M VPC CDT-VMAX TFRP FC3 F-14A/B F-15E CA SC NTTR PG Syria
Sam Posted March 12, 2020 Author Posted March 12, 2020 What I was told by some Navy and Marine dudes, and there may be bits missing or incorrect: Daylight Anti-collision ON All other lights OFF If taking off or landing, Landing Light ON If in formation, lead has Anti-collision ON max brightness, everyone else has them dim Night "Night" is defined as the time between 30 minutes prior to sunset and 30 minutes after sunrise. Anti-collision ON Position ON STEADY Slimes AS REQUIRED Landing Light (don't know this one) Formation details (don't know this one) CV OPS Same as day/night EXCEPT: Landing Light always OFF (LSO needs to see that AoA repeater on the nose gear) Lights ON immediately before cat launch (lights ON substitutes pilot salute during night launches) Lights OFF immediately after trapping, prior to clearing the angled deck This is great ! Exactly what I was looking for ! Thanks Nealius :thumbup:
Chuck_Henry Posted March 14, 2020 Posted March 14, 2020 There are different lighting configurations depending on day/night, inside towered airspace vs. the enroute environment, unaided night vs. NVG, and covert or not. I can't speak for the F-14, but the following are what we use in the Marine Corps Assault Support community. You can adapt it to specific aircraft lighting systems and DCS scenarios as you see fit.
Sam Posted March 14, 2020 Author Posted March 14, 2020 There are different lighting configurations depending on day/night, inside towered airspace vs. the enroute environment, unaided night vs. NVG, and covert or not. I can't speak for the F-14, but the following are what we use in the Marine Corps Assault Support community. You can adapt it to specific aircraft lighting systems and DCS scenarios as you see fit. Thank you sir ! Very helpful :pilotfly:
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