AIRCRAFT VERTICAL STABILIZER ILLUMINATION LIGHT UNIT AND METHOD OF OPERATING AN AIRCRAFT VERTICAL STABILIZER ILLUMINATION LIGHT UNIT

摘要

An aircraft vertical stabilizer illumination light unit, configured for being arranged in a rotatable horizontal stabilizer of an aircraft and for being oriented towards a vertical stabilizer of the aircraft for illuminating the vertical stabilizer, includes an LED group, having a plurality of LEDs, and an optical system, having at least one optical element, the optical system being associated with the LED group for shaping an output light intensity distribution from the light emitted by the LED group.

主权项

1. Aircraft vertical stabilizer illumination light unit, comprising:
an LED group, comprising a plurality of LEDs, and an optical system, comprising at least one optical element, the optical system being associated with the LED group for shaping an output light intensity distribution from the light emitted by the LED group; wherein the unit is configured for being arranged in a rotatable horizontal stabilizer of an aircraft and for being oriented towards a vertical stabilizer of the aircraft for illuminating the vertical stabilizer; wherein the LED group and the optical system are stationary within the aircraft vertical stabilizer illumination light unit, with each LED of the LED group having a set position with respect to the optical system; wherein at least some of the plurality of LEDs are independently controllable; and wherein the aircraft vertical stabilizer illumination light unit is configured to be operated in a plurality of operating modes, with a respective subset of the plurality of LEDs being switched on in each of the plurality of operating modes and with a different output light intensity distribution being emitted by the aircraft vertical stabilizer illumination light unit in each of the plurality of operating modes, with a selection of the operating mode being carried out in response to a rotation angle of the rotatable horizontal stabilizer.