Flaws in Instrument panel (shown in 9/24 update)

[Skoshi Tiger]

Guess we'll need the developers or find someone with the pilot notes to shed some light on this. (no pun intended!) If the control at the bottom of the pannel is the dimmer, do we turn it clockwise to dim or anti clockwise?

If it's Anti-clockwise to dim then it's in the bright (day) position otherwise it in the dim position. (I'm assuming the movement is limited to an arc at the bottom of the pannel.) Just like those germans not to label the control!


Cheers! It Sound like you've got a good collection!

[Rodolphe]

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Me 110 G-4 with normal instrument panel lighting.
Note the greenish lighting of the "Kurskreisel" at lower left.
For night flights, this was still too bright.






The same panel under UV illumination.
At night, crew members were using UV light to avoid blindness cause by normal lighting
This led to a stronger luminescent radiation.





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[bolox]

not an expert on luftwaffe cockpits - but i thought the lever under the gear indicator lights was an on/off switch for the gear indicator lights. cockpit lighting was controlled on rheostat(s) similar to this

similar arrangements apply to raf planes of the era.
afaik lighting was by 'normal' bulbs in torch like fittings around cockpit- not uv until later in the war(~42 for raf with change to green flouro markings on instruments)

in raf planes there was a 'screen' that could be pulled down for night use (spitfire) or knob (hurricane) to prevent blinding by gear lights. someone who can read german might find reference to similar system in pilots notes?
individual warning lights (raf) often had a flip cover with a filter for night use

instrument markings/needles were painted with a luminous 'paste' and 'glow' a soft greennish colour- (certainly not the bright flouro green in il2). again similar paste was used in raf. be interesting to see how 1c deal with this- i'm hoping to see no 'led backlight' effect when lights are switched on in daylight.

as to the 110 pic i think it's safe to assume it's still wip as it has no glass in the instruments yet. the left hand light below turn and slip indicator is still a blank texture if it's still at this stage i'd expect lighting balance to also be wip
to me one thing that does stand out is the different lighting in different parts of the pit and they seeming to come from different sources

[Flying Pencil]

Excellent detail guys!
w00t!

[bf-110]

Thought the cockpit lights were somewhat similar to car panel lights.
There were small lamps behind the indicators.

[bolox]

Originally Posted by bf-110

Thought the cockpit lights were somewhat similar to car panel lights.
There were small lamps behind the indicators.

you are thinking of warning type lights- raf type

(shows the flip filter if you look hard)

the 'cockpit lighting' lamps- ie the ones that provided actual light onto instruments etc are similar this raf one

[KG26_Alpha]

Originally Posted by bf-110

Thought the cockpit lights were somewhat similar to car panel lights.
There were small lamps behind the indicators.

Some were internally illuminated.
But
Nearly all gauges were illuminated by external lamp/s.

German ac

IL2 1946 shows them as :

Bf109 lamp on left
Ju87 lamp on left
He111 lamp/s overhead