L1011 light config

[angelone]

I am new to this website and I would like to know if anyone knows the light config from the L1011 so strobes can be added to the end of the wings.
I would be greatful to all the kind assistance.

[+mrfaosfx]

The present L-1011 does not have strobes? Why would something like that be left out? Strange.

[aerofoto - HJG Admin]

Why would something like that be left out?

Essentially because what we have there .... "AS-IS" .... is the way it all was when first supplied to us (we did no modification work "there" whatsoever .... and "TIME" .... at the time .... wasn't on our side do try'n do so in any case) .... but more importantly ..... for the following reasons as noted, by me, within our "L1011 PANEL INSTALLATION & HANDLING NOTES" ....

10: KNOWN ISSUES

The VL L1011 model was released as a WIP. It must therefore be appreciated that this model is "unfinished". For this reason a small number of very minor flaws do exist in this model .... HOWEVER .... the end user is not, in any way shape or form, disadvantaged and these ..... and .... these by no means detract from ones personal enjoyment of this produuct. Those minor flaws which do exist are as follows ....

- No ground illumination is visible when selecting the Panel "TAXI LTS". This is a model lighting issue in that ground illumination, by Taxi Lights, is not yet incorporated into it. By comparison there is no such ground illumination problem associated with the Panel landing lights switches which do function perfectly.

- In external FS viewing mode the strobe lights, located on the trailing edges of each wingtip, will be seen to be located slightly above and separated from the surface of each wing whilst the aircraft is on the ground. This is due to these lights (like the fuselage beacon/anti-collision lights) not being hard-coded into the model .... HOWEVER .... during T/O acceleration, and climb, the wings on this GMAX model rise/flex upwards and by the time the aircraft is airborne these wingtip strobe lights will be seen to become perfectly aligned with the wingtip trailing edges.

- In external FS viewing mode a very fine band of untextured fuselage may be visible above the starboard wing root. This is apparent in some textures only .... in particular those aircraft with predominently white fuselage surfaces.

- None of the represented L1011 freighter versions feature animated forward fuselage maindeck cargo doors. Both port and starboard forward fuselage PAX exits are however fully animated.

PLEASE .... do not contact us regarding any of these issues. There is nothing we can do to resolve these at this point of time. Again .... the stated issues are extremly minor .... so minor in fact that the majority of end users probably would not ever have detected these had we not first mentioned this. Again .... these are "EXTREMLY MINOR" issues which "DO NOT" detract ..... "WHATSOEVER" .... from the enjoyment of these aircraft in MSFS.

As can be seen (above) .... a STROBE lighting NOTAM does appear among these notes .... albeit in reation to other factors though.

Mark C
AKL/NZ

[Deleted]

If you are referring to green and red lights on wingtips of Vistaliners L1011, mine is working well for FSX.

[aerofoto - HJG Admin]

NAH .... those red and green port and starboardlights are NAV lights Aharon .... and as you say they do work fine

The STROBES are those white lights located on the trailing edge of each wing tip .... and which do also work fine too .... subject to/impaired only in regards to that NOTAM which I released.

Mark

[Deleted]

ohhh I think I have those white lights too.

My apologies for mixing them up!!

Aharon

[garryrussell]

Just a thought....I don't have the TriStar but does it have wing flex?


I would have thought many of the liveries here would not have had strobes.

[kevinr]

The L1011 does have wing flex, and the STROBES are in the .cfg file and are 'placed' at the wingtips in flying position. So, it looks OK when flying, but are above and appear to be floating when it's on the ground.

BTW, keyboard command 'O' toggles the strobes...

[garryrussell]

That's why I asked.

With wing flex they have to be modelled not position set by the CFG

So really they should be deleted from the cfg as they are not joined to the wing properly.

[aerofoto - HJG Admin]

The L1011 does have wing flex, and the STROBES are in the .cfg file and are 'placed' at the wingtips in flying position. So, it looks OK when flying, but are above and appear to be floating when it's on the ground.

This's why I wrote this NOTAM .... 1 year ago

To alert people to the fact ....

- In external FS viewing mode the strobe lights, located on the trailing edges of each wingtip, will be seen to be located slightly above and separated from the surface of each wing whilst the aircraft is on the ground. This is due to these lights (like the fuselage beacon/anti-collision lights) not being hard-coded into the model .... HOWEVER .... during T/O acceleration, and climb, the wings on this GMAX model rise/flex upwards and by the time the aircraft is airborne these wingtip strobe lights will be seen to become perfectly aligned with the wingtip trailing edges.

The STROBE LIGHTING is not hard coded into the model .... and .... the wings do flex .... resulting in the STROBES then "appearing" offset/seperated from their trailing edge wing tip surfaces "whilst on the ground".

Only during T/O do the wings start to the wings flex upwards .... resulting in STROBE LIGHTING then beginning to align with the wing tip trailing edge more-or-less perfectly.

There's nothing we can do about this .... at this time .... short of a new model with redesigned features being released, but which, I very much doubt will happen quickly .... if at all.

Mark C
AKL/NZ