Flying Bull Posted March 7, 2008 Report Share Posted March 7, 2008 Hi all, from a thread at PPRuNe incited, I contacted a local manufacturer of torches and they told me, that they have a torch, which might fit my needs.I ordered one to check it out. By now I´ve received my little new torch, used it during night shift - and I love it. The green LED doesn´t disturb the NVG at all and the 5 white LEDs are so bright, that preflight and refueling at night is a piece of cake. I made a short video, so that you can have a look as wellhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIkAlZ08_Wk The switch for the white light is black and is furrowed, while the switch for the green light is green ;-) and smooth.Without gloves easy to feel - but I think, even with gloves you find the right light. The white light is more than sufficent for preflight and refueling - but not for long long distance illumination.I personaly like it, to have white light until starting the engines, having a chance to see wether the a/c is just wet from rain - or may be leaking hydraulic fluid.....Now I only need to take one torch with me for NVG operations. Shorter than the MiniMag, supplied by the boss, it fits easy in a pocket - but is to thick to be placed into a pencilpocket.Nevertheless, normaly for night operations, I have a keyband attached to my lights and have that around my neck anyway, so pulling the torch out of the pocket is no problem at all... Greetings Flying Bull Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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