Curtis L. Olson writes:

> Norman Vine writes:
> >
> > > Curtis L. Olson writes:
> > >
> > >  > What I'm looking for is somethingn to the effect that a VASI light
bar
> > >  > is a row of "n" lights spaced "x" meters apart.  VASI light bars
are
> > >  > spaced "y" meters apart along the length of the runway.
> > >  >
> > >  > And if I'm really lucky I'd get the difference in degrees in
alignment
> > >  > between the two/three light bars.  I.e. bottom bar turns red at 3
> > >  > degrees, top bar turns red at 3.25 degrees (or something like
that.)
> > >
> > > These should all be governed by federal standards, and those standards
> > > should be online somewhere.
> >
> > maybe this would help
> > http://www.faa.gov/aim/Chap2/aim0201.html#2-1-1
>
> That gives a good overview of how the VASI works from a pilot's
> perspective, but it still doesn't show exactly how the vasi bars are
> positioned relative the threshold, the runway edge and each other.
> And it doesn't show details of the bar itself.  I assume a VASI bar is
> a row of individual lights, but how many?  How far apart are the
> individual lights in the bar placed?

OK - Digging into my past,
the USACE has a Manual for building almost anything :-)

Publication Number: TM 5-811-5
Title: Army Aviation Lighting
Chapter2 - Airfield Runway and Approach Lighting Systems
http://www.usace.army.mil/publications/armytm/tm5-811-5/chap2.pdf

HTH

Norman



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