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Old 17th Jul 2016, 10:31
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LimaFoxTango
 
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Note that to power the nav lights, the towing bus requires an inverter to convert battery DC power to AC.
Perhaps on jets nav lights are AC powered, but on turboprops, lights are usually DC powered. Most notably though on the ATR, landing/taxi lights are AC powered.
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