PC-21 Lighting System Flashcards
What is the purpose of the external lighting system?
- Ensures that the aircraft is visible to other users of airports and airspace and can operate safety in any environmental light condition.
What is the purpose of the internal lighting system?
- Enables the pilot to read all the displays and instruments, locate controls and read paperwork including maps both with and without Night Vision Imaging System (NVIS).
When is the internal lighting system active?
All times for all lighting conditions.
Where are external lights controlled from?
Front cockpit
What external lights are there?
- Landing light
- Taxi light
- Recognition Lights
- Navigation Lights
- Anti-Collision
- Formation Lights
What is purpose of landing light? What are its vertical and horizontal angles?
- Angled down to illuminate the runway during final approach
- 12 degrees down
- 11 degrees horizontal.
What is the purpose of the taxi light? What are its angles?
- Illuminate the ground ahead of the A/C when taxiing
- 40 deg horizontal
- 13 deg vertical
When do landing and taxi lights operate? Why is this?
- When landing gear is extended
- Prevent overheating
Are the landing and taxi lights NVIS compatible ?
No
Where are the white recognition lights located? What are their purpose?
- Outer leading edge of each wing.
- Used to improve the visibility of the A/C, especially during low-level operations.
- Helps to avoid collisions and bird strikes
Are the recognition lights NVIS compatible?
No
Where are the anti-collision lights located and what is their purpose? Are they NVIS compatible?
- Two red and two white strobe lights (ANTI-COLL) in each wingtip.
- Used to indicate location of the aircraft in flight or on the ground
- Yes
Where are the navigation lights located? What do these enable? Are they NVIS friendly?
- Red light on the left wingtip
- Green light on the right wingtip
- White light on the right wing tip and on the left wing tip
- Enable direction of travel of the aircraft to be determined
- Yes NVIS friendly
Where are PC-21 formation lights and how many are there? Are they NVIS compatible?
- 12 formation lights, 6 on each side
- 2 cowling formation flights
- 2 wingtip formation lights
- 2 flap fairing formation lights
- 4 fuselage formation lights
- 2 vertical fin formation lights
- They give visual reference when flying in formation at night
- Yes NVIS compatible
What internal lights are there?
- Flood lights
- Map Lights
- Various instrument displays, panel backlights, indicators, captions and annunciators.
How many floodlights are there ? Are they NVIS compatible?
- 6 in each cockpit
- Allow the pilot to locate switches and control and strap into the seat in a dark environment.
- Yes