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What do these lights mean?

22.7k FeatherWing  3.0 years ago

Hellow Simpleplanes community.

So I've been trying to find an answer for this question, but as of yet I haven't found one.

So, my question.
What are the 3 coloured lights (Red, Yellow and Green) on the underside of Naval aircraft for?

You can see these lights on the bottom of the Supermarine Seafire's fuselage and the nose wheel structure of the F-14, F-18 and so fourth.

Evidently they are for landing on Aircraft Carries as you only see them on Naval Aircraft, but what exactly do they mean?

If anyone has an answer, I would appricate it.

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    22.7k FeatherWing

    @Walvis
    Thank you.

    3.0 years ago
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    84.2k Walvis

    Those lights are to indicate the angle of attack. This F-18 walkaround mentiones it and also explains it pretty well.

    3.0 years ago
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    22.7k FeatherWing

    Ok, I now have an answer.

    3.0 years ago