Hi Stuart > I have never actually been in one, let alone at night, so could you answer > a couple of questions for me: You definitely missed something in life, especially at night ;-) > > 1) Presumably the panel itself is lit from behind as it is implemented > currently. Is that correct? here http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Cessna_182_P_Skylane_Cockpit.jpg is a cockpit photo. At the artificial horizon for example are two round knobs: the black one below is for adjusting the horizon symbol and the metal-like one above is the instrument light, that illuminates the instruments from outside. There is one on the top left corner of the airspeed indicator (top left instrument), too. On can see the notch where the light comes out. Looks like every round instrument has such a light source. The engine instruments are backlit. > > 2) Do you have any reference for where the nav, panel, landling light > switches are located in the c182? > > 3) Am I correct in thinking that any light to see the flaps, yoke etc is a > reflection of the panel light, and therefore very low intensity? The > easiest way to implement this will be with a low-intensity emissive light > source on the objects. Correct > > 4) Is the flap indicator illuminated from behind like the instruments, or > does it also rely on the panel light reflection? No internal light, it's just seen by panel and cockpit light reflection.
Martin is a skilled skylane pilot, maybe he has some nice cockpit photos to share? Greetings, Torsten ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
