Gauge Lighting

[frankenbeemer]

Cockpit lighting has been the subject of considerable discussion. In military aviation, red lighting was long used in the cockpit and pilots were required to wear red goggles for a certain period of time before night flight. These precautions for night adaptation were necessary because pilots who needed to spot enemy aircraft frequently flew from inadequately lighted airports and navigated by vision more than by instruments.

With the advent of adequately lighted airports and the general use of radio for navigation, "night vision" actually became less important. The tendency now is toward more complete illumination of the cockpit, with white light used more than red. Problems such as improper fuel selection and errors in course plotting or chart reading are much more significant now than the loss of night vision. Still, you should be familiar with a few facts about visual adaptation during night flying.

[NC325iC]

oh and...

[frankenbeemer]

-__- Red can't be seen from very far away. That is why it is used on Naval Vessels. Go Navy, beat Army btw lmao

I guess submarines use it because the bulbs are available.

[NC325iC]

I am going for the look that the interior of our 2010 hyundai sante fe has.

i dont care how "nice" the new hyundais are, theyre still hyundais.

[khalild]

red is the color that least disturbs the human eye. that is why on naval vessels they light up the coridors red at night so the watch can see where they are going and it does not disturb people sleeping in their bunks. you can also go into a room that has the red lighting, then go into a dark room and you eyes take hardly any time to adjust, unlike when you use a normal flashlight and try to do the same thing and you cant see for about 15-20 seconds. red is also picked up by the eye very well like someone said in this thread as well as blue, but blue disturbs the eye more and it takes longer to adjust at night after looking at it.

-__- Red can't be seen from very far away. That is why it is used on Naval Vessels. Go Navy, beat Army btw lmao

[khalild]

^^As a matter of fact that was my car -___- lmao

[khalild]

I had those exact guages. Hated them. Resold them to someone on here lol.

[GunMetalGrey]

Yeah, I think I may just darken the amber a bit.

[GaslampKilla]

I don't know about gay but damn I can't believe how in-depth people have gone on this one. Props for the cockpit photos and wikipedia reference as well...I think red would look cool though (but I won't do it)

[george graves]

red is the color that least disturbs the human eye.[/PHP]

I don't even know what that means. Let the record show that this thread is hereby deemed gay.

[ChaseN]

I am going for the look that the interior of our 2010 hyundai sante fe has...

Sorry, I hardly ever get in on these things, but I just LOL'd pretty hard on that one...

[Evan12]

whatever, I hated amber... I spent a lot of time driving cross country and I had to make the switch. Got a set that lights up in amber, green and blue. Always switch to green when driving into the night, my don't hurt at all.


And amber has nothing to do with BMW engineers choosing it as the best color.

what gauges are those?

[GunMetalGrey]

If by classy, you mean lame.

Do you ever have anything positive to say? sure as hell doesn't seem like it

[Evan12]

red is the color that least disturbs the human eye. that is why on naval vessels they light up the coridors red at night so the watch can see where they are going and it does not disturb people sleeping in their bunks. you can also go into a room that has the red lighting, then go into a dark room and you eyes take hardly any time to adjust, unlike when you use a normal flashlight and try to do the same thing and you cant see for about 15-20 seconds. red is also picked up by the eye very well like someone said in this thread as well as blue, but blue disturbs the eye more and it takes longer to adjust at night after looking at it.

[accident]

If by classy, you mean lame.