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Old 05-03-2008, 08:38 PM
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The RV-3 is the only RV that qualifies for 2" numbers.
45.22(b)(1)
this is more of what i was interested in.....seems 25 planes in the RVOTW (got tired of counting) had the numbers on the rudder or vs or both. and they were small characters..5 of them had numbers under the stab and several correctly placed but small characters...what is the required size for US aircraft that dont leave the country? I am i wrong in my thinking that i was going to put small characters on my plane. is the vertical group acceptable?
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Old 05-03-2008, 08:47 PM
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this is more of what i was interested in.....seems 25 planes in the RVOTW (got tired of counting) had the numbers on the rudder or vs or both. and they were small characters..5 of them had numbers under the stab and several correctly placed but small characters...what is the required size for US aircraft that dont leave the country? I am i wrong in my thinking that i was going to put small characters on my plane. is the vertical group acceptable?
Amateur-built aircraft with a maximum cruise speed of <180 kts. CAS may display 3" numbers. The numbers may be 2" if the design is over 30 years old. Numbers may be on the vertical stabilizer and/or rudder. If they are on the fuselage, they must be between the trailing edge of the wing and the leading edge of the HS. See FAR part 45.22.
Sorry for the confusion. I thought you meant that most of the RVs had the numbers under the HS.
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Old 05-03-2008, 08:55 PM
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Default N number location

Can I put my N number on the vertical even if the last two letters go onto my Rudder? Wasn't sure If I could have any part of the numbers on a moving part. I read the AC on it and the EAA certification guide and I cant find anything saying I cant do this but thought I'd run it by the masses first.
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No objections so far!


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Default N number placement?

I couldn't find any posts on this subject, and the new EAA 365 site was no help. I'm trying to find guidance on where our N-numbers must be placed on our planes.

When I went through the certification process, I remember reading the parameters somewhere. However, I can't find any reference to that now.

Seems to me that the number MUST be placed somewhere between the aft edge of the wing and the forward edge of the vertical stab, but that can't be right -- I've seen a whole bunch of planes with N-numbers on the VS or even rudder.

Anybody know the answer?

[Edit note: Thanks, Rosie. Not sure why this thread didn't come up when I searched though ...]
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I couldn't find any posts on this subject, and the new EAA 365 site was no help. I'm trying to find guidance on where our N-numbers must be placed on our planes.
When I went through the certification process, I remember reading the parameters somewhere. However, I can't find any reference to that now.
Seems to me that the number MUST be placed somewhere between the aft edge of the wing and the forward edge of the vertical stab, but that can't be right -- I've seen a whole bunch of planes with N-numbers on the VS or even rudder.
Anybody know the answer?
[Edit note: Thanks, Rosie. Not sure why this thread didn't come up when I searched though ...]
See post #12 just above.
The numbers must be between the wing and horizontal stab only if placed on the fuselage.

BTW the RV-3 and the RV-4 now qualify for the 2" numbers as the RV-4 design is now over 30 years young.
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Old 02-01-2010, 09:14 AM
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Thanks, Mel. Painting is coming up next month and I'm in the process of designing the paint scheme. There are several places I wanted to consider for the N-number, but some of them were on the VS or rudder, and I was pretty sure I'd read that I couldn't do that.

All of my certification paperwork is out at the hangar, and I came up dry with searching the EAA's new site.

If the rudder is acceptable and legal, that may be right where it goes. Lower part of the rudder, 3" letters.
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Old 02-01-2010, 09:29 AM
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If the rudder is acceptable and legal, that may be right where it goes. Lower part of the rudder, 3" letters.
That'll work!
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Old 02-01-2010, 09:34 AM
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Default The number requirements change from time to time

The best you can do is check the FAA requirements at the time you are ready to paint and comply. Mine are 3" numbers vertical on the fin or vertical stabilizer which was legal at the time I had it painted. I don't check periodically to see if the FAA has changed the requirements. At one point the FAA was flip flopping on the requirement that all aircraft have 12" numbers and only if you crossed an international border so I designed 12" numbers into the paint scheme on my Archer II to just bite the bullet (original numbers from the factory were 3"). At that time it was common to see all kinds of numbers taped or painted on temporarily to get across the border. This coming August there is a race being organized in Canada by our most speedy rocket man Tom Martin and I'm afraid I'm going to have to slap on some kind of 12" numbers to participate - possibly white contact paper. In the mean time with many modifications the speed of our RV-6A is creeping up. Argh! It would be nice if - Oh well (sigh) ...

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