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Night VFR Question

dwbuckeye

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2011 RV12 with lighting kit. Our CFI stating the plane is not night legal, because there is no solid, rear-facing white light. He says the white strobes on the wingtips do not count. How are others handling this issue?

Thanks
 
2011 RV12 with lighting kit. Our CFI stating the plane is not night legal, because there is no solid, rear-facing white light. He says the white strobes on the wingtips do not count. How are others handling this issue?
Thanks

Your CFI is correct that you must have a solid rear facing white light.
 
The Aeroled Pulsar NSP tip position/strobes should have a solid white light facing aft. What tip lights do you have?
 
The Aeroled Pulsar NSP tip position/strobes should have a solid white light facing aft. What tip lights do you have?

Correct.

Turn on nav. lights only (no strobes), at night and stand behind the airplane. You should see a white light on the back of each wing tip. The regulation doesn't require it to be a single while light source at the rear of the airplane. Only that the white light be visible on a 140 degree arc around the back of the airplane. This can be met by placing one on each wing tip.
 
Question is pretty well-answered, but just for depth....

The white rear-facing light requirement is a Position Light, not an Anti-Collision light. The strobes are considered part of the anti-collision lighting.

91.205 contains the specific language for it. Many wingtip position/strobe combos ALSO have a rear-facing position light, like the pulsars mentioned above.
 
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