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Hi Angier,
The FAA only says "contrast in color with the background" but doesn't give any particulars. I think it is up to the DAR or FAA inspector to make that call. We haven't had any problems here putting gray letter on a blue background and vise versa.
Cream on a white background probably wouldn't cut it.
If it looks/feels questionable to you then it might be questionable to the inspector as well.
I hope this helps.
Have a great day,
John J Januszewski
www.planemakers.com
planemakers@planemakers.com
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From: "Greenbacks, UnLtd." <N4ZQ@VERIZON.NET>
Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2011 2:13 PM
To: <lml@lancaironline.net>
Subject: Re: N Numbers
FAR 45.23, 25, 27 & 29 seem to cover all aspects of size and location of marks, etc.
But I can't find any reference requiring a particular color contrast between the airframe color and the mark color. Do the N Numbers need to be visible/distinguishable from a certain minimum distance? Black marks on a white airframe might be most visible from a distance compared to light cream colored marks on a white airframe.
I plan to have pretty basic contrasting N Numbers on 4ZQ for the inspection but what about down the road when I get a bit more creative? I wonder if any color combinations have actually been rejected by FAA.
Angier Ames
N4ZQ
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