Bill, Is there anything in theh electrical diagram that shows how they are fed (i.e. from what bus)
Curt. William Earnest writes: > Curtis L. Olson wrote: > > > David, > > > > I'm not disagreeing with you, but in the electrical system diagram in > > the "C172S Information Manual" I can't find any mention of where the > > navigation lights are fed. Perhaps I'm misreading something? > > > > The manual does describe the navigation lights as part of the exterior > > lighting system consisting of lights on the wing tips and on top of > > the rudder. > > > > Later it says that the lights are all controlled by breakers/switches > > on the lower left instrument panel. > > > > So I'm probably miss reading something in the diagram. I assume you > > have a similar C172 manual ... perhaps you could find where the > > navigation lights are powered from on your model and we could work > > from that. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Curt. > > > > David Megginson writes: > > > > >Here's a quick overview of the external lights in a 172: > > > > > >navigation lights: > > > A red light on the left wing tip and green light on the right > > > wingtip, visible from the front and (relevant) sides, and a white > > > light pointing backwards from the tail. Required for night flight. > > > > > >beacon: > > > Big flashing/rotating red light extending above the vertical tail > > > and visible from every direction. Optional for night flight, and > > > not on every aircraft, but pretty commonly used. > > > > > > Note: at our flying club, the policy is always to leave the beacon > > > switched on; that way, you can tell from a distance if someone's > > > forgotten to turn off the masters after shutting down the plane. > > > > > >strobes: > > > Flashing lights on the wingtips (and other places for bigger > > > planes). Optional for night flight, and not on every aircraft. > > > > > > Note: pilots usually turn the strobes off on the ground or in cloud > > > or fog, for obvious reasons. > > > > > >landing light: > > > Bright spotlight in the nose or left wing, aimed a bit forward of > > > the plane. Required for night flight with passengers, optional > > > otherwise (I've already done practice landings without it). > > > > > > Note: pilots often leave the landing light on continuously night and > > > day for visibility, except when taxiing facing a plane making an > > > approach (to avoid confusing the pilot). > > > > > >taxi light: > > > Bright light usually located right beside the landing light on the > > > nose or left wing. Optional for night flight, and not on every > > > aircraft. > > > > > >There is a separate switch for each of these on the control panel. > > > > > > David > > Hello, > > Checked a manual (and cockpit) of a C172N, so expect some differences. > Below the left yoke on the panel are 2 rows of push-reset thermal > breakers. At the right end of the bottom row are 3 white rocker > switches. The last 6 items at the right end of bottom row are: > 1. Beacon breaker. 2. Nav. lights breaker. 3. Pitot heater breaker. > 4. Pitot heater switch. 5. Nav light switch. 6. Beacon switch. The Nav > light breaker is 10 Amp. rating. They have several of the 172N at the > local flight school. > > -- > Bill Earnest wde3@ptd-dot-net Linux Powered Allentown, PA, USA > Computers, like air conditioners, work poorly with Windows open. > > > _______________________________________________ > Flightgear-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel -- Curtis Olson IVLab / HumanFIRST Program FlightGear Project Twin Cities [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Minnesota http://www.menet.umn.edu/~curt http://www.flightgear.org _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
