ENSTROM 280FX OPERATOR’S MANUAL 7-15
Rev. 12
Report No. 28-AC-020 Dec 3/18
1. Position Lights
The position lights are located on either side of the
vertical stabilizers. Each light assembly contains either
a red or green light, as appropriate, and a white tail
position light.
2. Anti-Collision Lights
The anti-collision lights have a flashing action that
provides for adequate identification of the helicopter.
They are operated by the anti-collision switch/circuit
breaker located on the panel. The lights are located on
the vertical stabilizers.
3. Landing Lights
The helicopter is equipped with two landing lights, a
forward landing light in the nose and an aft landing light
on the belly below the engine. On early production
helicopters, both lights are turned on by circuit breaker-
type switches on the instrument panel. For helicopters
manufactured through S/N 2166, the forward landing
light is controlled by push button switch located on the
pilot’s cyclic. The aft landing light is controlled by the
panel switch LDG LT AFT. For S/N 2167 and
subsequent, the forward and aft landing lights are
controlled by the FWD LDG LT and AFT LDG LT switches
located on the collective switch box. The forward landing
light switch also has a setting for pulse.
NOTE
For S/N 2166 and prior, the panel switch must
be on for the aft landing light to operate. On
early production helicopters, both panel
switches must be on.
7-15. Landing Gear System
1. Skid Landing Gear
The main landing gear consists of two tubular aluminum
skids attached to the airframe by means of the forward
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