I have no plans for doing any night flying for safety reasons, so cockpit lighting has been no concern to me. I am getting my license and 3 hours plus 10 landings are required. I did my 3 hours on Friday night in a 172 that had crappy lighting and it made it very difficult to read charts or panel labels.
Im not telling you anything all of you don't know, but the runway sure comes up FAST at night! At least nobody can see you bounce!! Ha!
I still have no night flying plans but I am rethinking cockpit lighting. My instructor had a baseball cap with built in lights that worked great for him. I was stuck holding a flashlight that was too big in my mouth! Ugg.
I wired a circuit to behind the seats for lights if I wanted to mount something on the roll bar of my tip up, but not sure if that is the way to go. I can put under shade screen rope lights above the panel, but that wouldnt help for charts.
Questions
1. Is minimal lighting and a cap with lights or headlamp the way to go?
2. What are other builders using for lights?
Thanks.
Im not telling you anything all of you don't know, but the runway sure comes up FAST at night! At least nobody can see you bounce!! Ha!
I still have no night flying plans but I am rethinking cockpit lighting. My instructor had a baseball cap with built in lights that worked great for him. I was stuck holding a flashlight that was too big in my mouth! Ugg.
I wired a circuit to behind the seats for lights if I wanted to mount something on the roll bar of my tip up, but not sure if that is the way to go. I can put under shade screen rope lights above the panel, but that wouldnt help for charts.
Questions
1. Is minimal lighting and a cap with lights or headlamp the way to go?
2. What are other builders using for lights?
Thanks.