ACW599
11th Mar 2013, 20:07
We were having a discussion in the crew-room the other day about what constituted a HISL (yes, I know, but it was horizontal rain outside and even the birds were walking). Someone said they thought the CAA defined it as a strobe capable of generating more than 2000 candela and someone else added that on that basis GA aircraft don't have HISLs since the little Whelen tubes fitted to most of them are around 300 or 400 candela. There was much debate but the question wasn't resolved to anyone's satisfaction.
Having a slack half-hour this afternoon I had a gallop around the internet and came up with... precisely nothing. So I thought I'd ask the question on here. Anyone out there know where the formal definition of a HISL might be found and whether light GA aircraft actually do have HISLs or (in effect) LISLs?
Having a slack half-hour this afternoon I had a gallop around the internet and came up with... precisely nothing. So I thought I'd ask the question on here. Anyone out there know where the formal definition of a HISL might be found and whether light GA aircraft actually do have HISLs or (in effect) LISLs?