Headlight for night flying

Green is in, red is on the way out.

Bob Gardner

"G.R. Patterson III" wrote in message
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David Gunter wrote:

I was at Target the other day and spotted a nifty new head-mounted
flashlight that seems like it'll be perfect for night flights. It has
two very bright white LEDs and one sort-of-bright red LED.

Well, try the red one, but I think you'll find that you really want dim
lighting for night flying.

George Patterson
A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something that cannot
be learned any other way. Samuel
Clemens

Bob Gardner wrote:

Green is in, red is on the way out.

I agree, but, given a choice between "very bright white" and "sort-of-bright
red", I'll take the red.

George Patterson
A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something that cannot
be learned any other way. Samuel Clemens

On Sat, 13 Sep 2003 17:22:33 GMT, "Bob Gardner"
wrote:

Green is in, red is on the way out.

Bob Gardner

I found this information to be a bit 'enlightening' regarding what
color is best for night vision.
http://members.cox.net/rigelsys/why_red.html
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....but then WDIK... ijustfly

In a previous article, "Bob Gardner" said:
Green is in, red is on the way out.

I thought it was "red right returning"? :-)


--
Paul Tomblin , not speaking for anybody
There are two ways to write error-free programs. Only the third one works.

David Gunter wrote:

For those who attach a light to the side of your headsets: Do you feel
it pulls one side off the ear or feels off balanced?

Mine doesn't. I also have the Blackhawk.

George Patterson
A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something that cannot
be learned any other way. Samuel Clemens

"G.R. Patterson III" wrote in message
...


David Gunter wrote:

For those who attach a light to the side of your headsets: Do you feel
it pulls one side off the ear or feels off balanced?

Mine doesn't. I also have the Blackhawk.

Mine doesn't and I also have a Blackhawk

Bob Barker N8749S

On Fri, 12 Sep 2003 23:07:27 -0400, "G.R. Patterson III"
wrote:



David Gunter wrote:

For those who attach a light to the side of your headsets: Do you feel
it pulls one side off the ear or feels off balanced?

Mine doesn't. I also have the Blackhawk.

The one I have is so light you can attach it to the headset, or the
bill of a cap and not even feel the weight.

Roger Halstead (K8RI EN73 & ARRL Life Member)
www.rogerhalstead.com
N833R World's oldest Debonair? (S# CD-2)

George Patterson
A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something that cannot
be learned any other way. Samuel Clemens

David,

Do you feel
it pulls one side off the ear or feels off balanced?


Not at all. Oh, FWIW, the Blackhawk makes green light, nicer than red,
IMHO. It's a tad too bright with fresh batteries, but good for panel
flood lighting in rentals, where lights normally don't work.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

"Ron Natalie" wrote in message om...
"David Gunter" wrote in message ...
I was at Target the other day and spotted a nifty new head-mounted
flashlight that seems like it'll be perfect for night flights. It has
two very bright white LEDs and one sort-of-bright red LED. The switch
allows for toggling between the two. It's powered by 3 AAA batteries
with a claim of 50 hours total time. The casing will tilt up to 90
degrees for better aiming.

You don't want even sort-of-bright for night flying.

I just got a Sharper Image clip-on LED flashlight ($15, uses 3 AAAs).
I haven't taken it flying yet, but testing it in a dark room (clipped
to my headset), it's too bright. When I cover it with a piece of
white paper, though, it seems perfect. I haven't tried green paper
yet.

--Gary

In a previous article, David Gunter said:
For those who attach a light to the side of your headsets: Do you feel
it pulls one side off the ear or feels off balanced? Given how light
these are I doubt it, but just want to check.

No, but then again the microphone boom only attaches to one side too, and
it doesn't unbalance your headset.


--
Paul Tomblin , not speaking for anybody
"The thing you don't check is the thing that will kill you."
-- Rick Grant (quoting RCAF pilot training)