flyingcheesehead
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These are a new thing for me... The Mooney has a beacon, strobe lights, nav lights, landing lights, taxi lights, (2 in each wing about halfway out), and... Recognition lights. Huh? Whassat?
Beacon, I leave on all the time.
Strobes, I use when entering a runway, and usually leave them on until exiting a runway at the end of a flight.
Nav lights, I use at night.
Landing lights, I use during takeoff, climb, descent, and landing, and when needed for collision avoidance (ie after a traffic call from ATC).
Taxi lights are on when the landing lights are on, plus during taxi.
The recognition lights are Whelen 70303's. They're 1-amp white Halogens with a rectangular-parabolic reflector, mounted in the wingtip facing forward.
So, what's the preferred technique for using these? Leave 'em on all the time? Same as the landing lights? Turn them on when I want to look like I'm flying something bigger? Use them late in the taxiing process when I'm approaching a lit ramp and don't want to blind the lineman with all four taxi lights? Or is there some other generally accepted usage for these that I just haven't learned because I've never had them before?
Beacon, I leave on all the time.
Strobes, I use when entering a runway, and usually leave them on until exiting a runway at the end of a flight.
Nav lights, I use at night.
Landing lights, I use during takeoff, climb, descent, and landing, and when needed for collision avoidance (ie after a traffic call from ATC).
Taxi lights are on when the landing lights are on, plus during taxi.
The recognition lights are Whelen 70303's. They're 1-amp white Halogens with a rectangular-parabolic reflector, mounted in the wingtip facing forward.
So, what's the preferred technique for using these? Leave 'em on all the time? Same as the landing lights? Turn them on when I want to look like I'm flying something bigger? Use them late in the taxiing process when I'm approaching a lit ramp and don't want to blind the lineman with all four taxi lights? Or is there some other generally accepted usage for these that I just haven't learned because I've never had them before?