Niall
You are correct that at present there is no requirement for registration
markings under the wings on any aircraft below 5700 kg MTOW operated in
Australia. The exemption was renewed in 2012 and falls due again at the
end of this month: since I am not aware of any formal
post-implementation review of Part 45 I would expect that it will be
renewed for a further 3 years at that time.
You do need to display the nationality mark "VH-" as well as the
registration letters, in letters at least 150mm high that contrast with
the background, and you do need the fireproof plate mentioned in the
exemption (meeting the requirements of reg 21.820).
You may also display a contest marking on the vertical fin and rudder
(if the registration is marked on the fuselage sides) - many gliders,
especially those with G as the first letter, use the last 2 letters of
the registration for this, but others display a letter and a number, or
two digits - these are becoming quite popular - for instance 36, W3, 4D,
Q7, S7 are all in use. These are likely to be administered by the GFA so
you should talk to the GFA airworthiness people if you want to use one
of these.
The convention is that if an aircraft is marked in accordance with the
rules, and the4 rules later change, the markings do not require to be
changed until the aircraft is next painted or refinished - so if the
rules change at the end of the month and you do not have the glider
marked yet, you could have to change to meet the new rules, whatever
they may be (but that may be unlikely to happen).
Wombat
On 7/01/2015 3:00 PM, Niall Doherty wrote:
All
My understanding of this page
http://www.casa.gov.au/scripts/nc.dll?WCMS:STANDARD:1001:pc=PC_90236
is that the only requirement for markings on a glider is letters of at
least 150mm high on the sides. None on the undersides of the wings.
Am I right?
Regards
ND
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