rzbill
Well Known Member
I have not done much night flying. Nothing against it but the need has not really been there until recently. It will be on the increase.
A few observations from night flying my panel this year:
Holy smokes there are a lot of bright lights and blinky things in the new age cockpit!
For instance, I have USB jump sticks stuck into plugs on the panel for my EFISs. One has a blinky light. That will get changed out.
My Lightspeed Zulu's have a blinky light when in noise cancel mode. Had to flip that over to hide the light.
The 12v cigarette plug/USB charger that powers my EFB has a bright light on it. It will get a piece of electrical tape.
When wiring the panel, I chose to allow the 430W to control its own brightness and it is obvious I need to tune the dimming ramp in the setup screens (WAY too bright).
GTX327 and SL-40 are good to go.
The GRT screens dim down nicely (I set it manually)
The Samsung galaxy dims down nicely (again manually)
As a side note, the HID wingtip landing lights are great.
EDIT * And my master caution light (LED) is very dimly lit. There must be a little current leakage in the sinking switches on the GRT screen and EIS.
A few observations from night flying my panel this year:
Holy smokes there are a lot of bright lights and blinky things in the new age cockpit!
For instance, I have USB jump sticks stuck into plugs on the panel for my EFISs. One has a blinky light. That will get changed out.
My Lightspeed Zulu's have a blinky light when in noise cancel mode. Had to flip that over to hide the light.
The 12v cigarette plug/USB charger that powers my EFB has a bright light on it. It will get a piece of electrical tape.
When wiring the panel, I chose to allow the 430W to control its own brightness and it is obvious I need to tune the dimming ramp in the setup screens (WAY too bright).
GTX327 and SL-40 are good to go.
The GRT screens dim down nicely (I set it manually)
The Samsung galaxy dims down nicely (again manually)
As a side note, the HID wingtip landing lights are great.
EDIT * And my master caution light (LED) is very dimly lit. There must be a little current leakage in the sinking switches on the GRT screen and EIS.
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