Originally Posted by
maeroda
..Landing lights are deployable regardless of landing gear position.
Not quite. The landing light on a S76 is bolted to the right MLG strut with an electrical interlock to ensure it's off with gear retracted. The landing light only works with the gear down. The S76 also has a pilot controllable search light that can be used with the gear up or down. Typically however pilots will have both the landing light and search light on for night take-off and landing, so when the gear goes up you still have use of the search light.