Missing beacon on Arrow IV ?

mrbogster

I believe the checklist still says to turn on beacon. And if you have the beacon button set up to a key, using that key/button does trigger a beacon on/off, and the beacon noise. Perhaps something to clean up in a future release?

dadgametime

All I have is an anticollision light and landing lights. No Nav lights

mrbogster

@dadgametime nav lights is the first rotating switch thing. Take a look at the manual. It’s not a dedicated white button but a rolling button. The one on the left.

sluflyer06

@Biokerozen said in Missing beacon on Arrow IV ?:

I'm confused about what lights are implemented or not on the Arrow IV.
Can Just Flight tell us what is missing ?
For exmple I can't find the Beacon command on dashboard :/

Thanks

It's easy to be confused when you literally make no attempt to web search for a main panel picture of a real arrow IV to see what switches it has, if you had, you see there isn't a beacon light.

dadgametime

@mrbogster Thank you so much. I'd read through the manual a few times but now I see it. It controls the Nav lights AND the radio lights It can be easily overlooked. Thank you for the help!

Biokerozen

@sluflyer06 Calm down Lucky Luke !
I've done some web search and said I'm confused... It's not a bad review ok.
You have nothing else to do than write this kind of message seriously?

Regarding other replies, thanks for your light ;)

sluflyer06

@Biokerozen
http://www.planetime.nl/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Panel_2.jpg

Was literally one of the top hits under google image search for arrow IV main panel. Just saying..

:)

Biokerozen

@sluflyer06 Good nice to know !
This message is really more interesting than the previous.

By the way, my web search didn't showed me this photo.... just saying ;)

richavery

It can be confusing. The Turbo Arrow III has a rotating beacon, the Turbo Arrow IV does not, so the nav lights (the rotary switch on the left of the lighting panel) should be used. In the manual, on p.10 it states, "The Turbo Arrow III is fitted with a tail-mounted beacon light" & on p.22, "Rotating beacon (Turbo Arrow III only) and anti-collision lights switches".

However, the manual is a bit misleading in the "Flying the Turbo Arrow" section. The example flight uses the Turbo Arrow IV. Before engine start, on p.54 there is the instruction to "Turn ON the navigation lights, warning anyone in the area that we are about to start the engine" (which is correct) but after the flight, on p.69 the manual says to "Switch OFF the navigation and rotating beacon lights" (which, for the Turbo Arrow IV, is not correct).

PAStime

@richavery Replying to an old thread. Thanks for the lead. Will elaborate here in case it helps someone else. I'm flying a Just Flight Turbo Arrow IV. The rotary thumb wheel thing on the left side of the switch panel says "NAV LIGHTS" and "RAD LIGHTS" beside it. You have to look carefully. Indeed it turns on lights on the panel and the exteriour navigation lights. Cool. Peter