Originally Posted by
Dan Dare
Although low energy I can't help feeling current LEDs are not a panacea:
-pilots often complain about the brightness even when at the lowest settings
-some airport LEDs seem to have a strobe effect which is a bit distracting
-I'm not sure if there is any research in to this, but I think they ruin your night-vision a bit too - there are LED traffic lights on my commute and although they don't appear much brighter than the incandescent predecessors I just can't see anything on the road beyond them and it takes a few metres past them before I can see properly again
maybe it's just me
So does that mean some systems presently classed as LI would become HI if retrofitted with LED lighting?
I'm thinking of the many small GA airfields which presently have LI lights which are OK at night but crap in poor daytime vis.