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    Senior Member efwd's Avatar
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    Default Re: Inside lighting

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    I have a map light overhead then I also have the strip LEDs under the glare shield. This switch does turn on the LEDs at a fairly bright setting. Im on the ground within 30 min of sunset so Im doing OK with that. I controls the map light pretty nicely but I don't really have any use for it as I don't carry maps. I originally planned on flying at night but I didn't enjoy it as I once did when I was 20 years old.
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    Default Re: Inside lighting

    I'm using an el ribbon on the underside of my glare shield as seen here
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    Default Re: Inside lighting

    Keith,

    Nice panel; and, if I am seeing colors correctly, your under glareshield light is green - what I can tell you about that is your checklists with red text for important items will stand out really well. I like it.

    With the standard red lights I have, I made sure my emergency checklist items were green, which makes them really stand out.

    I have always thought it a little quirky that many flight schools have the standard red lights for night work, then have red text e-checklists

    I am sure an artist could tell us more about complementary colors and ability to read text - all I know is I took my color samples, red flashlight and took them in a dark closet to figure out what worked best - if you do that, be real sure to tell you family what you are up to!
    Dave S
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