[simpits-tech] Simulator/real cockpit lighting

[Justin Messenger]

We have alway used the 28v and 5v lighting that real sims and cockpits have. However those bulbs put off a lot of heat and use a lot of current. 
 
After hanging with the movie Gaffers we have been turned on to using RGB LED light strips. What is nice about them is you can use blue for "daytime" flying and red or green for "night"flying. These things hardly use any power at all and put out no heat. They are bright enough that you can get away with not providing light in individual steam gauge instruments. Some of them also have a black light function which makes some of the instrument flags actually glow, which looks neat.
 
http://cgi.ebay.com/1M-100cm-RGB-Flash-5050-SMD-LED-Strip-Light-IR-Remote_W0QQitemZ330390333885QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item4ceccc69bd


Justin Messenger


Flight Simulators and Aircraft Instruments
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