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    737 Taxi light brightness

    Taxi light is very dim (using led option) during night operation light is very dim and difficult to navigate while on ground. Hope you guys can fix soon.
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    Originally posted by ninod View Post
    Taxi light is very dim (using led option) during night operation light is very dim and difficult to navigate while on ground. Hope you guys can fix soon.
    Welcome to the PMDG forum, please note the rule you agreed to on joining was to sign your posts here with your full name.

    Okay, reality check. This is a user to user forum, so you are asking us to fix your problem?? Seems to me you may want to mention this to the developer.
    Dan Downs KCRP
    i7-10700K 32GB 3600MHz 3080Ti

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      #3
      Originally posted by ninod View Post
      Taxi light is very dim (using led option) during night operation light is very dim and difficult to navigate while on ground. Hope you guys can fix soon.
      The LED taxi lights are the landing lighs in lower intensity. In real life they are dim as well and not very usable...
      Chris Makris (Olympic260)
      PMDG Technical Support
      http://www.pmdg.com

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        #4
        Originally posted by cmakris View Post

        The LED taxi lights are the landing lighs in lower intensity. In real life they are dim as well and not very usable...
        I discovered that I can make use of the LED taxi lights by rising my viewpoint and moving forward, which allows a good view of the area immediately in front of the aircraft nose that is illuminated. The other trick I use is since there is no nose light and the runway marking centerline is not illuminated, I taxi slightly to the one side or another so I can see that surface marking.

        The worst part is a taxi on FSDT O'Hare where the taxiways are not up to date and many do not have current designations. Here I'm not shy about using the landing lights.
        Dan Downs KCRP
        i7-10700K 32GB 3600MHz 3080Ti
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          #5
          Those things are useless even in the real airplane. You don't notice them unless you're in a pitch black taxiway very far from the terminal's flood lights. The LEDs are a better but not massively better.
          Omar Josef
          737 FO
          757/767 rated
          Spain

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            #6
            Originally posted by cmakris View Post

            The LED taxi lights are the landing lighs in lower intensity. In real life they are dim as well and not very usable...
            In quite disagree, the LED taxi lights are pretty strong in the real one, much brighter and they illuminate a wider area than the conventional option. They need to because as you said they're part of the landing lights and thus don't move with the nosewheel.
            Last edited by Emi; 21Mar2023, 11:35. Reason: Initially I misread the statement. Corrected now
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              #7
              Originally posted by Emi View Post

              In quite disagree, the LED taxi lights are pretty strong in the real one, much brighter and they illuminate a wider area than the conventional option. They need to because as you said they're part of the landing lights and thus don't move with the nosewheel.
              Another colleague of yours had reported differently He had said that he used to turn on the landing lights in order to have better visibility when the plane is equipped with LED.
              Chris Makris (Olympic260)
              PMDG Technical Support
              http://www.pmdg.com

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                #8
                Originally posted by cmakris View Post

                Another colleague of yours had reported differently He had said that he used to turn on the landing lights in order to have better visibility when the plane is equipped with LED.
                I'm pretty sure that got mixed up, it's exactly the other way round. When the plane is NOT equipped with LED lights we sometimes use the landing lights.
                I'll get you some pictures.
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                  #9
                  I have found that if I dim the displays in the cockpit, or change the position of the camera so that the displays are not taking up as much space on my screen (such as raising the camera or moving it forward), then the taxi lights are more prominently visible.
                  Tim Lincoln
                  My YouTube Channel
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                    #10
                    In the Equipment options, what is the difference between LED CTRTL and LED CTRTL W/PULSE ?
                    Zach Kapsiotis

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                      #11
                      Hello Zach,

                      With LED CTRTL the landing lights are either on or off. With LED CTRTL W/PULSE, there is an intermediate option that will have the landing lights pulse on and off.
                      Tim Lincoln
                      My YouTube Channel

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                        #12
                        Originally posted by zachlog View Post
                        In the Equipment options, what is the difference between LED CTRTL and LED CTRTL W/PULSE ?
                        With pulse, the switches become three position with the center being pulsating lights. The pulsating lights are much more visible and is an option at several carriers.
                        Dan Downs KCRP
                        i7-10700K 32GB 3600MHz 3080Ti

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                          #13
                          From what I read here, could it be that it is just the way it is with cars? Ancient halogon bulbs with dark lights especially during rain vs much brighter modern LED-lights?
                          ​
                          Hendrik Schall

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                            #14
                            Originally posted by Want2BFlyin View Post
                            I have found that if I dim the displays in the cockpit, or change the position of the camera so that the displays are not taking up as much space on my screen (such as raising the camera or moving it forward), then the taxi lights are more prominently visible.
                            I second this. Display and cockpit lights greatly change the outdoor visibility on my HDR television.

                            Dialing things down so they're fairly dim really helps in my setup.
                            Ben Yonge ✈️

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                              #15
                              https://de.flightsim.to/file/48489/p...rnal-lightings Here I think the vanilla lights are very dark here its a bit better.






                              Markus Zipfel
                              Flyer

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