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Federal Aviation Administration, DOT
§ 29.1401
§ 29.1395
Maximum intensities in over-
lapping beams of forward and rear
position lights.
No position light intensity may ex-
ceed the applicable values in the fol-
lowing table, except as provided in
§ 29.1389(b)(3).
Overlaps
Maximum intensity
Area A
(candles)
Area B
(candles)
Green in dihedral angle
L
.........
10 1
Red in dihedral angle
R
............
10 1
Green in dihedral angle
A
.........
5 1
Red in dihedral angle
A
............
5 1
Rear white in dihedral angle
L
..
5 1
Rear white in dihedral angle
R
5 1
Where—
(a) Area A includes all directions in
the adjacent dihedral angle that pass
through the light source and intersect
the common boundary plane at more
than 10 degrees but less than 20 de-
grees; and
(b) Area B includes all directions in
the adjacent dihedral angle that pass
through the light source and intersect
the common boundary plane at more
than 20 degrees.
§ 29.1397
Color specifications.
Each position light color must have
the applicable International Commis-
sion on Illumination chromaticity co-
ordinates as follows:
(a)
Aviation red
—
y
is not greater than 0.335; and
z
is not greater than 0.002.
(b)
Aviation green
—
x
is not greater than 0.440
¥
0.320
y
;
x
is not greater than
y
¥
0.170; and
y
is not less than 0.390
¥
0.170
x.
(c)
Aviation white
—
x
is not less than 0.300 and not greater than
0.540;
y
is not less than
x
¥
0.040 or
y
c
¥
0.010,
whichever is the smaller; and
y
is not greater than
x
+ 0.020 nor
0.636
¥
0.400
x
;
Where
Y
e
is the
y
coordinate of the Planck-
ian radiator for the value of
x
considered.
[Doc. No. 5084, 29 FR 16150, Dec. 3, 1964, as
amended by Amdt. 29–7, 36 FR 12972, July 10,
1971]
§ 29.1399
Riding light.
(a) Each riding light required for
water operation must be installed so
that it can—
(1) Show a white light for at least
two miles at night under clear atmos-
pheric conditions; and
(2) Show a maximum practicable un-
broken light with the rotorcraft on the
water.
(b) Externally hung lights may be
used.
§ 29.1401
Anticollision light system.
(a)
General.
If certification for night
operation is requested, the rotorcraft
must have an anticollision light sys-
tem that—
(1) Consists of one or more approved
anticollision lights located so that
their emitted light will not impair the
crew’s vision or detract from the con-
spicuity of the position lights; and
(2) Meets the requirements of para-
graphs (b) through (f) of this section.
(b)
Field of coverage.
The system must
consist of enough lights to illuminate
the vital areas around the rotorcraft,
considering the physical configuration
and flight characteristics of the rotor-
craft. The field of coverage must ex-
tend in each direction within at least
30 degrees above and 30 degrees below
the horizontal plane of the rotorcraft,
except that there may be solid angles
of obstructed visibility totaling not
more than 0.5 steradians.
(c)
Flashing characteristics.
The ar-
rangement of the system, that is, the
number of light sources, beam width,
speed of rotation, and other character-
istics, must give an effective flash fre-
quency of not less than 40, nor more
than 100, cycles per minute. The effec-
tive flash frequency is the frequency at
which the rotorcraft’s complete anti-
collision light system is observed from
a distance, and applies to each sector
of light including any overlaps that
exist when the system consists of more
than one light source. In overlaps,
flash frequencies may exceed 100, but
not 180, cycles per minute.
(d)
Color.
Each anticollision light
must be aviation red and must meet
the applicable requirements of § 29.1397.
(e)
Light intensity.
The minimum
light intensities in any vertical plane,
measured with the red filter (if used)
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