FAA LED Lighting Survey
 

Take the survey. LEDs suck at night!

LED Airport/Heliport Lighting Questionnaire Survey

Are they dimmable?

If you put your shades on.

They SUCK with EFVS HUDs--no infrared gradient! Hate 'em.

GF

They really suck if the wavelength of the LED doesn't match up with the filter on the NVG's, in which case you don't see anything, which is obviously not desirable.


GW

Thanks for the link!

I would love for everyone who has been to CAE and flown downwind at night to do this survey.

For some reason, CAE's lights are OK when you are lined up with the rwy..... But they are absolutely too dim when abeam.

I have noticed this at other places, but no where as bad as CAE.

In general, though the LEDs are much dimmer at distance.

Really? I just landed in ATL at 0'dark thirty in 1/2 mile vis in fog, and I remember telling my copilot, "I LOVE these new lights!".

They are brighter than the old ones, no doubt, but when the vis is down and you want to find the runway, well, which would you rather have?

Good weather, LED's suck. Bad weather, greatest thing to happen to aviation, since Delta Airlines became Delta Air Lines.

Are the lights set all the way to high?

^^^This, but Delta Airlines was way better ;)

I've experienced this (single engine piston). The field is hard to spot if you're not looking right down a runway. I'll use the crossing runway to get the airport in sight and then can orient myself to get to the active. The 5 bright UPS lamps on their ramp (5/23) are also good indicator of where the airport is. Otherwise, vectors for an ILS.

But... Delta Air Lines was always Delta Air Lines. http://www.beechtalk.com/forums/imag...80215-club.gif


What you meant to say was that it's the greatest thing to happen to aviation since Delta Air Lines pilots found this website. http://www.beechtalk.com/forums/imag...s/dance013.gif