"Jim Macklin" writes:

I don't run strobes in IMC at night because the flashing
back scatter causes me problems. I also don't run strobes
near other airplanes on the ground at night because it
blinds the other pilot.

Under what conditions are strobes supposed to be useful? Seeing
aircraft from great distances, maybe? (In clear weather, or maybe
not.)

I do run normal positions lights and rotating beacons. At
night I also run recognition lights if I have them.

What are recognition lights?

Some of the planes I flew had logo
lights on the tail and I would run them too.

Some of the aircraft in MSFS have ice lights. I presume those are
used only when you want to look for ice on the wing?

I also get confused about avionics, panel, and flood lights, but I
suppose that varies greatly from one aircraft to another.

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