bakerocb
Joined: 15 Jan 2006
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Location: FAIRFAX VA
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 Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 6:46 am Post subject: B and C SD8 Alternator |
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8/22/2007
Hello Fergus, Thanks for your input. You wrote: "In that case, the lights
are not just for our protection but for the Others out there. That's what I
think the U.S. regs require - service to other flyers."
You are right on target. Whenever we fly we are sharing the airspace and, if
so equipped, the electromagnetic environment with other aircraft and the air
traffic control system. Our own amateur built experimental aircraft, to
varying degrees, must be compatible with the other entities to avoid
creating confusion or unsafe conditions.
Here is an extract from the introduction to my table MINIMUM INSTRUMENT AND
EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR POWERED AMATEUR BUILT EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT
"The builder should note that some items required by the FAR's are described
in the FAR's as needing to be approved, but since there are no certification
standards established for amateur built experimental aircraft no formal
individual item approval, such as meeting a TSO (Technical Standard Order)
or FAR Part 23, is required. However certain items must interface properly
with ATC (Air Traffic Control), other aircraft, or other entities external
to the aircraft. Transponders, communication radios, exterior lighting and
ELT's (Emergency Locator Transmitters) are examples of such equipment.
Therefore, the builder could expect that the initial airworthiness inspector
of his aircraft may require evidence that this type of equipment in the
aircraft is acceptable to the FAA. But regardless of the actions of the
inspector, the burden for complying with the provisions of the aircraft's
special airworthiness certificate (which includes the Operating
Limitations), and the relevant FAR's, rests with the builder / pilot."
A complete copy of this table can be obtained as an attachment to an email
by request direct to me.
'OC' Says: "The best investment we can make is the effort to gather and
understand knowledge."
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Time: 06:14:24 AM PST US
From: "Fergus Kyle" <VE3LVO(at)rac.ca>
Subject: B and C SD8 Alternator
Having read the discussion this topic regarding Running Lights (Nav Lts?)
and the pro-/anti-Whelen sides, it occurred to me that perhaps another tack
be taken.
The coloured lights are there so that (like ships) an early estimate
of direction of travel be made in order to plan evasive manoeuvres if
needed.
In that case, the lights are not just for our protection but for the
Others out there. That's what I think the U.S. regs require - service to
other flyers. If they don't satisfy the particular standards drawn up, they
don't protect other aircraft - and that could be 300 people.....
That's why I've chosen an approved source for lights.
Ferg Europa 914 mono
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