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Thread: Placement of Placards

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    Senior Member Dave S's Avatar
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    Default Re: Placement of Placards

    Hi guys,

    Ours ended up under the HS like Chuck & DJ, with a backing plate on the other side of the fabric.

    One addition on ours is this; regarding the little quote..."....or lost or destroyed in an accident...."........ A small metal strap which is riveted through the backing plate on both ends and looping around a fuselage tube. Apparently the issue is the authorities want to be able to figure out who it used to be in the event of a complete smoking hole.......don't know if all DARs would expect this or not - I am thinking there are degrees of regulatory discretion which occur on this and other issues.

    One little point - I made the mistake of having "first name - last name" the plate while my registration had "last name - first name" - I was advised they had to be identical and it is easier to change the plate than the registration - make sure you have that right so you don't have to drill SS rivets out of the plates over fabric.....


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    Good tip Dave, thanks (given many view my last name and first name as interchangeable )
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    you might check with your dar and see exactly what he requires on the data plate . the data plate info was a big deal with the one that looked at mine . all that he required was make , model and sn . the make and model have to be exactly as it is on the registration . i had a little problem with that , since i am the fourth owner of the kit . the first owner had already gotten the registration and had his name put on it as the manufacture , therefore the make on the data plate is his name and the model is a kitfox IV . not a big deal , just getting it sorted out was , but thats another story
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    Default Re: Placement of Placards

    For what it is worth I contacted Aircraft Engravers in CT, called them on a Wednesday, emailed my data and had a beautiful small plate in the mail on Thursday with all my info on it. It does not show on their website but they have a nice plate with just the three fields required for a data plate.
    Great service, nice people.

    Also for those who have the situation similar to CAP01 you can retract a registration and change the builder for a plane that was registered "prematurely" for which no airworthiness had been done.
    Last edited by Dorsal; 06-18-2010 at 05:15 AM.
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