seikdel Posted September 13, 2013 Posted September 13, 2013 The title says it all. When you turn the landing light to the off position, the light on the ground looks as though the landing light is retracting while still turned on. This may be the case in FC3 aircraft, but it doesn't look right in the Ka-50.
Davis0079 Posted September 13, 2013 Posted September 13, 2013 i could be very wrong about this....but the "landing light" as you call it on the Ka-50 is a slewable spotlight.....and when you turn it off, it does retract plz forgive me if this isnot what you are talking about It only takes two things to fly, Airspeed and Money.
seikdel Posted September 15, 2013 Author Posted September 15, 2013 It is a slewable spotlight. It only retracts when you switch it to "retract", though. It's a 3-way switch, with up = on, middle = off, down = retract. When you switch it from on to off, if you look at the external view, you'll see it just shuts off without retracting.
St3v3f Posted September 15, 2013 Posted September 15, 2013 I think it's not simulating the light retracting but the light not going from on to off in an instant but reducing the intensity to zero within a second. aka: Baron [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
BBQ Posted September 16, 2013 Posted September 16, 2013 It is a slewable spotlight. It only retracts when you switch it to "retract", though. It's a 3-way switch, with up = on, middle = off, down = retract. When you switch it from on to off, if you look at the external view, you'll see it just shuts off without retracting. Maybe I haven't recovered from the weekend yet - but isn't this exactly what you were expecting? (middle position light is OFF but NOT retracted)? I.e., you have to put switch in down position in order to retract it.
BBQ Posted September 16, 2013 Posted September 16, 2013 (edited) I guess your point is why would pilot want to turn light off and not retract it? One reason might be for morris-code type signaling -- say, for a downed pilot, or wingman when secure comms aren't available for whatever reason. It wouldn't work if you had to retract light after every single "blip". Edited September 16, 2013 by BBQ clarification
seikdel Posted September 18, 2013 Author Posted September 18, 2013 Maybe I haven't recovered from the weekend yet - but isn't this exactly what you were expecting? (middle position light is OFF but NOT retracted)? I.e., you have to put switch in down position in order to retract it. To clarify, the light on the external model turns off, but the actual beam of light on the ground shows the retracting animation. The external model behaves as expected, but the beam of light on the ground behaves in an observably wackadoo manner.
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