AviationBanter - View Single Post - Spinner strobing as a "Bird Strike Countermeasure"

**Airbus** · December 4th 07, 05:52 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting,rec.aviation.homebuilt

In article , says...

When observed directly under artifical light that "flickers", the most
obvious being a strobe light, but there are other types of artificial
lights that have flicker.

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Fine - but which ones cause you to see the propellers turning in
apparent reverse? Do you frequently operate your airplane indoors?
Propellers are usually observed in natural light, which does not flicker. At
night, on the rare occasions where you actually see the props clearly, it is
from the aircraft's own lighting, which is DC. I have nbever seen the props
turning backwards on a real plane - see it frequently in movies though. . .