How to build runway lights

Have you ever build a landing platform and noticed that it is hard to see in the dark? You need blinking runway lights!

Requirements

To build this you obviously need to build a flat/long platform that is powered. Build a series of  Interior Lights on it to mark the landing strip.

Set up the lights

Next, coordinate the blink settings on the series of Interior Lights to blink one after the other.

1. Build a series of lights, in this example, we build five.
2. Set the Blink Interval to the same value for all lights:
   • We want the loop to last, for example, 2.5 seconds.
3. Set the Blink Length to the same percentage for all lights:
   • For 5 lights, 100% divided by 5 equals 20%. So set them all to 20%.
   • For x lights, calculate 100/x.
4. Set the Blink Offset to a different percentage for each runway light:
   • For 5 lights, set them to 20, 40, 60, 80, 100.
   • For x lights, set the n^th light's value to n*100/x.

Example

Example values for a series of 5 lights:

	Light 1	Light 2	Light 3	Light 4	Light 5
Blink Interval	2.5 sec	2.5 sec	2.5 sec	2.5 sec	2.5 sec
Blink Length	20%	20%	20%	20%	20%
Blink Offset	20%	40%	60%	80%	100%

Tip: CTRL key-click sliders to enter a specific value!

How to continue from here

As long as you don't change the number of lights, leave the Blink Offset and Blink Length as it is from now on.

• If the blinking is too slow, decrease the Blink Interval for all lights to the same value.
• If the blinking is too fast, increase the Blink Interval for all lights to the same value.

If you change the number of lights, leave the Blink Interval, and update all Blink Offsets and Blink Lengths according to the formulae given above.