Pegasus landing bay lights

[ruarimac]

Forgive me if i got the wrong idea here (i'm new at this) but when glancing at the picture of the underside of battlestar pegasus's bow (hopefully attached) i noticed the landing bay lights were the wrong way on one side (it's nerdy i know). For those who don't catch my meaning or the pictiure fails the error (or my mistake) is that the port, starbord lights on the lip of the landing bays should be in the same order and not mirror each other. now this could be an error or something i'm missing but some clarity would be appreciated.

ruari

[pagad]

It's not an error. The green lights are indeed positioned on the outside lip and the red ones on the inside on both flightpods.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y165/Iron_Warrior/bscap211.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y165/Iron_Warrior/BSPegasus.jpg

I hope that answers your question. :)

[The Dirt]

Except, the underside flight pods are the opposite of the topside flight pods.

[pagad]

Except, the underside flight pods are the opposite of the topside flight pods.

Indeed.

[Sgt Teta]

I think i know what he means.

In the maritime world, the lights denote the "side" of the ship, therefore, at night, by observing the position of the lights, you can tell if a ship is heading towards or away from you.


EG: Green light on the left, red on the right. looking from the rear
Therefore if, from left to right you see a red then green light, you know a ship is heading towards you.
Also, if at night, you see a green light, you know you are seeing the left of the ship.

this should be the same for the landing bays, eg green left, red right.

If you are landing in the bottom bay, upside down, the lights should be reversed

[genji2000]

I think i know what he means.

In the maritime world, the lights denote the "side" of the ship, therefore, at night, by observing the position of the lights, you can tell if a ship is heading towards or away from you.


EG: Green light on the left, red on the right. looking from the rear
Therefore if, from left to right you see a red then green light, you know a ship is heading towards you.
Also, if at night, you see a green light, you know you are seeing the left of the ship.

this should be the same for the landing bays, eg green left, red right.

If you are landing in the bottom bay, upside down, the lights should be reversed

Excellent clarification. I always understood this to be the original query but could never clearly express it any better.

Thanks, and welcome to the forum.

[BSGfan-atic]

I know where

In the maritime world, the lights denote the "side" of the ship, therefore, at night, by observing the position of the lights, you can tell if a ship is heading towards or away from you.

this comes from, having had to take a sailing safety course once, but perhaps in this case, the red and green also serve some function for landing. Maybe they are also used to help pilots line up on the proper deck, hence the lower landing bay lights are reversed. I am not satisfied with this answer myself, as I think it would be an exception to the general rule about red and green lights meaning port and starboard. Sailors, and Colonial Fleet as well, I am sure, would hate the idea of making an exception to such a traditional rule. But then again, artistic license covers a multitude of sins.

[Sgt Teta]

It seems less of a sin to have incorrect lights on the mercury class since they obviously have auto-landing systems. But we've seen from the galactica that sometimes you have to do a hands on approach, in which case having correct lights would be (seemingly) quite important.
Even more important, for ships such as colonial one (colonial heavy), which wouldnt know the layout of the ship, or anything about landing on a military ship, having correct lights would be more important than correct landing lights for vipers.

Ive allways thaught that the need for a "glide slope" such as in aviation, when a plane comes into land, seems unnecessary for vipers, since the whole idea of a glide slope, is so a plane can land on its rear wheels and then roll to a stop, it seems odd that you would want a viper to do the same, surely a flat approach, stopping and then a vertical landing would seem far more appropriate to such a craft.

[BSGfan-atic]

surely a flat approach, stopping and then a vertical landing would seem far more appropriate to such a craft.

And this is exactly what we saw when Lee landed aboard the Galactica before the decommissioning ceremony. He came in, stopped, flipped the Viper around, and set her down on the elevator. While spacecraft coming in wouldn't need to worry about a glide slope, as there is no atmosphere to glide on, one would think that there would still be a need for something to help orient incoming pilots to left/right, up/down, especially under conditions of poor visibility (like in deep, intergalactic space, or something like that).

[Sgt Teta]

And this is exactly what we saw when Lee landed aboard the Galactica before the decommissioning ceremony. He came in, stopped, flipped the Viper around, and set her down on the elevator.

Yeah, but he seems to be the only one. "Final Cut" is the obvious one, where you see kat trying to land three of four times, and you see the "glide slope computer" in the landing control office.
Obviously in combat landings coming in hot and skidding isnt a problem, but what possable advantage does following a glide slope have.

http://media.battlestarwiki.org/images/thumb/6/65/Glideslope_FinalCut.JPG/640px-Glideslope_FinalCut.JPG

[Sparrow]

Maybe she was doing combat landing training.. you know.. to refresh and so..
she had to do a combat lading and being on drugs and so she couldnt think clearly and ofuscated on doing a combat landing instead calling "i feel sick, i will do standard lading instead and report to sickbay"

[Sgt Teta]

Maybe she was doing combat landing training.. you know.. to refresh and so..
she had to do a combat lading and being on drugs and so she couldnt think clearly and ofuscated on doing a combat landing instead calling "i feel sick, i will do standard lading instead and report to sickbay"


Possably, but thats not my point, the computer screens seem to indicate every landing follows a glide slope, i cant see any benefit in doing this, in fact, it'd be an incredibly hard manouvre, since you would have to use one set of engines to contol both horizontal as well as vertical speed, which would be incredibly hard.
(If we assume the RCS thrusters dont have the power to stop or alter the DIRECTION of the viper, only its orientation, something galactica backs up)

[pagad]

Sailors, and Colonial Fleet as well, I am sure, would hate the idea of making an exception to such a traditional rule. But then again, artistic license covers a multitude of sins.

Kind of an obvious point to make, but Colonial traditions in this regard could be the opposite of ours.