VFR night flight

[wvshooter]

What are the lights required on the outside of an experimental for VFR flight at night?

[noelf]

Strobe, and red, green, white position lights.

See also FAR 91.205 (c)

[N941WR]

Originally Posted by noelf

Strobe, and red, green, white position lights.

That is correct. Landing and taxi lights are optional.

Some builders add the old style ugly red rotating beacons to the top and bottom but have the lights Noel mentioned, they are not required.

[jpowell13]

I started out with a landing/taxi light in the left wing only, but was very nervous taxiing around airports at night with only one light so I quickly added one in the right wing. Duckworks halogen landing lights are ridiculously inexpensive and can be upgraded to LED later if cost is an issue. There are lots of expensive obstacles on airport ramps. John

[Robin8er]

I went with duckworks round lights and kuntzleman strobes, both will go in the wing tips. You can spend all the money you want, but i went with these due to cost and they seem to have good reviews. They aren't the latest and greatest, but they work well according to others.

You can spend $600 on lights, you can spend $3000 on lights.

[jpowell13]

If you're still building be sure to run a power wire in each wing for landing lights even if you don't plan to install them. It will save you from having to remove fuel tanks if you change your mind. It's a good idea to run a wire for pitot heat and coax if there is the possibility of putting any antennae in the wing tips. John

[Ed_Wischmeyer]

If you think that you might want AOA, this is a good time to run a plastic tube out there and whatever wiring it might require. I've got AOA on my -9A and haven't found it worth the money, but that's a whole 'nother story.

[wvshooter]

Thanks for the replies. I'm getting ready to close up the left wing on my Mustang II plans build and am trying to head off any mistakes.

[airguy]

If you don't want to run wires in advance of any forecast need, at least do yourself the favor of running the wires you do want in a conduit, and leaving a pull string in the conduit for future use. There is no telling what the next 5 years will bring for technology...

[BobTurner]

So, to answer the original question:
Your op limits require you to have the same lighting for night as normally certified aircraft. Those are:
1. red, green, white nav lights of prescribed brightness and field of view, and
2. approved "anti-collision lighting". This can be strobes or rotating beacon(s), again meeting brightness and field of view standards.