light panelty again

[Bernd]

Hello there,

WHEN exactly does FSP check if your landing-lights and strobes are on or off? I switch them on at the holding point before entering the runway, switch
off the landing lights at 10.000 ft, again on below 10.000 and the strobes off when leaving the runway. All the time I am getting penalty points
because of the lights. What I am doing wrong????

[Drew]

check out this FAQ

http://www.fspassengers.com/?action=faq&question=34

[Bernd]

I checked the FAQ, but I still have no idea why I am allways gettingt this light penalty. There it says one the one hand, you have to switch off/on
the landing lights at TA, on the other hand at 10.000 ft. What is it exactly then (f.e. for TA 5000ft as normaly in Europe)?
How does FSP recognize that I am entering or leaving the runway? Holding points, just the speed (below/over 30 kts), ....?

[SWAFO]

I have the penalty disabled. We use LL's to FL180, and kept getting penalties for lights. Turning off the penalty fixes all of this

[MisterC]

Yes, but it's not a solution

As Bernd, i would like to know...

[Drew]

which plane are you using, or does this happen with all aircrafts?

[MisterC]

From the FAQ :


-FsP detect when an engine is running if this is the case it then look beacon
state. If they are off=penalty

-FsP detect parking brake to decide if he's on taxi way, if they are ON and
landing light and/or strobe are also ON= penalty

-If you are taxying at more than 60kts FsP look strobe and landing light state
if they are OFF=penalty (you are NOT supposed to taxi at more than 30kts)

[CowlFlapsOpen]

I had this question as well. I knew the formal requirements but the actual triggers eluded me. I was becoming obsessed with getting the strobes and
landing lights off while moving within the dozen feet that exist between leaving the rwy and crossing the hold short line to clear the runway and
vice versa. Looks like it is much simpler, To summarize:

"if you are on the ground (or in the air below 10K) and travelling at more than 60kts, both strobe and landing lights must be on ("you are NOT
taxiing, buddy, you are taking off!") and if you have the parking brake on--anywhere or any time--both lights must be off. beacon must be on whenever
an engine is running. "

Is that about right? I think I got caught once in a while because after I clear the runway, I stop for a moment and put the parking break on to
contact ground, consult the airport diagram of taxiways, and clean up the airplane (flaps, xpndr, lights, lean for taxi/change condition levers to
low idle, etc.).

Truthfully, sometimes I get the penalty because the program simply misses that I have flipped the switch (I don't use the keyboard and have my switch
panel on a second monitor). I think it occurs when the CPU is really busy and frame rates are low. But it is rare.