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§3.701 Position light system dihedral.

CAR 3 (Reissue) · Position Lights · Equipment · at CAR3R-8 (current)

Text in force at CAR3R-8: from CAR3R-0, effective 15 May 1956. OCR text

angles. The forward and rear position lights as installed on the airplane shall show unbroken light within dihedral angles specified in paragraphs (a) through (c) of this section. (a) Dihedral angle L (left) shal’ be considered formed by two intersecting vertical planes, one parallel] to the longitudinal axis of the airplane and the other at 110° to the left of the first, when looking forward along the longitudinal axis. (b) Dihedral angle R (right) shall be considered formed by two intersecting vertical planes, one parallel to the longitudinal axis of the airplane and the other at 110° to the right of the first, when looking forward along the longitudinal axis. (c) Dihedral angle A (aft) shall be considered formed by two intersecting vertical planes making angles of 70° to the right and 70° to the left, respectively, looking aft along the longitudinal axis, to a vertical plane passing through the longitudinal axis.

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