Results 1 to 4 of 4
  1. #1
    500+ This must be a daytime job Jackpilot's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2005
    Location
    MONTREAL
    Posts
    930
    Contribute If you enjoy reading the
    content here, click the below
    image to support MyCockpit site.
    Click Here To Contribute To Our Site

    Backlighting question

    This applies to backlightable panels as opposed to internally backlighted ones.

    What do you use to block unwanted light bleeds occuring between some panels, around some pushbuttons, behind the LEDs of the annunciators, etc etc.

    Black tape does not hold for long, black caulking is messy and prevents maintenance...
    Any "brilliant" idea?

    Happy New Year
    Jack
    Jackpilot
    B737-700 Posky
    FS9/P.Magenta
    without PMSystem

  2. #2
    2000+ Poster - Never Leaves the Sim Trevor Hale's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2005
    Location
    Ontario, Canada
    Posts
    2,223
    Contribute If you enjoy reading the
    content here, click the below
    image to support MyCockpit site.
    Click Here To Contribute To Our Site

    When I was building my own panels, I used Black Hockey Tape. Worked amazingly. Besides, you put it in then place your panels on top and screw them in, and the screws also hold the tape.

    Trev
    ________________________
    Trevor Hale

  3. #3
    500+ This must be a daytime job



    Join Date
    Jul 2013
    Posts
    917
    Contribute If you enjoy reading the
    content here, click the below
    image to support MyCockpit site.
    Click Here To Contribute To Our Site

    Jack

    I too had this problem with my pedestal panels. I found trying to use black tape was fiddly and did not last. I solved light bleed around 7 seg displays and other minute openings by using black plasticine - it is easily moulded around awkward shapes and can readily be reoved without making a mess.

    For the joints between NAV panels etc, I used double sided sticky tape on the 3mm thin edge of the panels (where they abut each other) and stuck some black cloth webbing onto the sticky tape, trimming off excess with a scalpel. This means that you have a flexible caulked buffer between the panels which seals the gaps and stays with the panels.

    Hope this helps

    Regards

    David

  4. #4
    500+ This must be a daytime job Jackpilot's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2005
    Location
    MONTREAL
    Posts
    930
    Contribute If you enjoy reading the
    content here, click the below
    image to support MyCockpit site.
    Click Here To Contribute To Our Site

    Thanks..very good ideas alltogether...(pedestal is tricky, this is where I am at after interfacing...will post pictures soon)...any other suggestion?
    Jackpilot
    B737-700 Posky
    FS9/P.Magenta
    without PMSystem

Similar Threads

  1. Panel Backlighting and MIP Lighting Question
    By hladamjr in forum I/O Interfacing and Hardware
    Replies: 3
    Last Post: 01-05-2010, 11:09 PM
  2. Fmc Led Backlighting Help !
    By jonnydaz53 in forum Computer Hardware Setup
    Replies: 5
    Last Post: 10-19-2008, 05:43 PM
  3. backlighting question? el wire
    By jonnydaz53 in forum Where to Start Building a Home Cockpit
    Replies: 9
    Last Post: 10-13-2008, 07:40 AM