So the first time I saw this I thought it was just an aberration. Now, we have seen a couple of more so I figured I should point it out.
For those of you installing the uavionix tail beacon please note that it does not have a strobe function, so if your RV has the recessed wing tip lighting you can not replace the nav/strobe light on the tail with the tail beacon, as you will no longer be night legal, UNLESS of course you happen to have a beacon/strobe on top of the vertical fin or some other combination, such as a beacon or strobe on top and bottom of the fuselage.
The strobes have to be visible from the rear of the aircraft as well. The Aircraft Spruce catalog has a great diagram on the lighting requirements.
Yes, we fly experimental aircraft, but if flown at night or on instruments they have to meet the same requirements to fly in the national airspace.
Vic
For those of you installing the uavionix tail beacon please note that it does not have a strobe function, so if your RV has the recessed wing tip lighting you can not replace the nav/strobe light on the tail with the tail beacon, as you will no longer be night legal, UNLESS of course you happen to have a beacon/strobe on top of the vertical fin or some other combination, such as a beacon or strobe on top and bottom of the fuselage.
The strobes have to be visible from the rear of the aircraft as well. The Aircraft Spruce catalog has a great diagram on the lighting requirements.
Yes, we fly experimental aircraft, but if flown at night or on instruments they have to meet the same requirements to fly in the national airspace.
Vic