I flew a Cessna today that I'm not used to flying. When making some touch and goes I noticed that there was a yellow gear up light lit when the gear was up.
Puzzled, I looked in my manual before picking up a passenger. In the manual the gear is only described on half a page and in lange fonts, but says something in the lines of "there are two indicator lights, one for gear up (yellow) and one for gear down and locked (green)". The manual then goes on about other stuff. Not a very detailed description I'd say
But I figured that was the way it was supposed to be and off we went.
The question now is why on earth would you want a gear up light? I'm quite satisfied to know when it's down. Wouldn't it be more appropiate with a gear in transit light and a passage in the manual that "when the gear is up all lights assotiated with the gear should be OFF"? I mean if I was to fly 3 hours at night, I would prefer that there were no yellow lights in the cockpit (althouh it can be dimmed).
Can someone enlighten me?
[ 28 July 2001: Message edited by: cosmo kramer ]