Proper lighting of aircraft instruments, panels, controls, indicators, and displays is essential in high performance aircraft. The lighting must be useable over a large range of ambient conditions; especially during dawn or dusk transitions and at night. It must be uniform, have low glare, and be continuously dimmable to very low luminance levels, so the pilot can become partially dark adapted for good, out-of-the-cockpit vision. Various aspects of cockpit lighting such as intensity levels, contrast, luminance and color uniformity, red versus white versus blue-green general lighting, color coding, and other parameters are discussed. Daytime lighting requirements will be noted throughtout because they are an important part of the overall design of the lighting system. A special area of interest is night vision goggle compatible cockpit lighting. As night missions evolve, night vision goggles (NVGs) are being used with greater frequency. The characteristics and usage of NVGs are overviewed. Methods of achieving night vision goggle compatibility in the cockpit using filtered incandescent lamps, external bezels, floodlighting, light emitting diodes, electroluminescent lamps, microlouver material, and black flight suits are described.


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    Title :

    Night Lighting and Night Vision Goggle Compatibility


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    1988


    Size :

    16 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English