Kenny KellerCreator Helicopter Online Ground School LLC

Don't forget to check the dimmer on your instrument panel! Private Pilot Training

14 Jun 2011 · 1 min

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A short YouTube clip by Kenny Keller advising pilots to check the instrument-panel dimmer before night flight. Keller warns the dimmer can vibrate down over time—especially if the aircraft (or helicopter) flies frequently or the pilot hasn't flown at night recently—leading to unexpected dark instruments. He frames the point as a simple but common oversight and mentions personal anecdotes illustrating the mistake.

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And another one I think, super important. This seems kind of simple, but this can happen to you. You have your power on. You go flip your panel, lights on, and you got nothing. You start freaking out. Don't forget to check the dimmer switch. Voila. May sound pretty simple, but these things love to vibrate. If you haven't flown at night for a while or the helicopter flies much, these things have a habit of turning themselves down. And I have another story on that one I'll tell sometime, but a couple of dumb mistakes I made. And all it took was a dimmer switch. So don't forget to check the dimmer.