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Landing lights off @ FL180?

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Bryan,Is it possible in a future update to include a toggle option to have the FO turn off the landing lights at FL180 instead of 10,000?A lot of real world airlines keep them on until FL180 due to VFR aircraft operating above ATC control. As far as I know, even the FAA recommends they be kept on until this altitude.If it's not doable, completely fine but just thought I'd ask.

AJ Pongress

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I think its normaly used in USA because of the Transition level... But i know in germany you have 10.000

Christian Pfeffer

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Bryan,Is it possible in a future update to include a toggle option to have the FO turn off the landing lights at FL180 instead of 10,000?A lot of real world airlines keep them on until FL180 due to VFR aircraft operating above ATC control. As far as I know, even the FAA recommends they be kept on until this altitude.If it's not doable, completely fine but just thought I'd ask.
Out of curiosity, what airlines follow this procedure ?

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Damien Weekes
Captain 737NG / A319/20/21

Boy that was fast!!!

George Golas

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I hate gravity!

Nitpick, but if you're going to do that you should still retract the retractable lights at 10,000. From what I understand Boeing recommend not to have them extended when going faster than 250kts due to stress on the hinges, which of course you do above 10,000.

Out of curiosity, what airlines follow this procedure ?
I haven't flown them in a few years, but a friend who flew Southwest recently said he thought they seemed to turn them on early in the descent and asked the crew. They told him they turn them on at FL180.

Steve Caffey

United Airlines follows this practice of landing lights on below 18,000 feet, I believe.

Wayne Klockner
United Virtual

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Cannot seem to find that cfg file.

Jim Driscoll, MSI Raider GE76 12UHS-607 17.3" Gaming Laptop Computer - Blue Intel Core i9 12th Gen 12900HK 1.8GHz Processor; NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti 16GB GDDR6; 64GB DDR5-4800 RAM; Dual M2 2TB Solid State Drives.Driving a Sony KD-50X75, and KDL-48R470B @ 4k 3724x2094,MSFS 2020, 30 FPS on Ultra Settings.

Jorg/Asobo: “Weather is a core part of our simulator, and we will strive to make it as accurate as possible.”Also Jorg/Asobo: “We are going to limit the weather API to rain intensity only.”


 

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Hendrik Peter

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Thankyou,what entry do I make?

Jim Driscoll, MSI Raider GE76 12UHS-607 17.3" Gaming Laptop Computer - Blue Intel Core i9 12th Gen 12900HK 1.8GHz Processor; NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti 16GB GDDR6; 64GB DDR5-4800 RAM; Dual M2 2TB Solid State Drives.Driving a Sony KD-50X75, and KDL-48R470B @ 4k 3724x2094,MSFS 2020, 30 FPS on Ultra Settings.

Jorg/Asobo: “Weather is a core part of our simulator, and we will strive to make it as accurate as possible.”Also Jorg/Asobo: “We are going to limit the weather API to rain intensity only.”


 

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