Gear light far pos shining into the ground too much

hey,

If this hasn't been reported already, the gear light in the "far" position is basically shining into the ground..see pic

I believe those are the landing lights, and are like that on the real aircraft.

When you approach with 10° AoA, they then give your more distance.

I might be wrong though.

rly?..mhmh..but it seems to be way too the left. It used to be centered. Maybe it is a new feature to blind the LSO on landing.

Yes it is the same in the Su-27. Because of the AoA when landing, the pilot looks to the left to see his height since the runway straight ahead is masked by the plane’s nose / EOS.

There is a big thread in the Su-27 sub forum.

I see, haha..maybe not everything is a bug after all :P. Thanks for the info! :)

I see, haha..maybe not everything is a bug after all :P. Thanks for the info! :)

:) I think you'll find that, if landing on a runway, that landing light, positioned as it is, gives you excellent depth perception at night for the final flare and touchdown, assuming you sight down the left side of your nose:

cool, thanks for sharing. Still stange that it only lights out the left side and not the runway too:D...