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| Lighting Considerations
Lighting is a major decision when building your RV. It is not required, at least for day VFR flight, to equip your RV with lights. Airplanes without them are lighter, simpler and less expensive. For those who like the option of flying at night, or wish to make themselves more visible, Van's offers several options. These include position and anti-collision light systems manufactured by Whelen Engineering, leaders in aviation lighting for many years. We also offer the newer AeroLEDS™ solid state lighting units. There are also landing and taxi lights for wing leading edges and wingtips. Also, several different ways to mount position lights on older (flat top type) wingtips. We don't think any one is best -- best is the system that does what you want it to...
The RV-7/7A, RV-8/8A, RV-9/9A and RV-10 kits have wingtips and rudder fairings that use LIGHTING SYSTEM 6, or the AeroLED equivalent.
- The A600 lamp includes colored wingtip, aft-facing white position lights and a strobe. This system is mounted on the external surface of the wing and meets all of the requirements for position and anti-collision lighting for the old style flat top wing tips only. The AeroLEDS™ Pulsar is equivalent to the A600.
- The A650 contains the colored wingtip position light and a strobe, but the aft-facing white light/strobe must be mounted on the rudder. The A650 lamp assembly can be mounted externally on the wingtip, or mounted within an enclosure on the wingtip. The AeroLEDS™ NS90 is equivalent to the A650.
- The A600 and A650 lights in any of the lighting systems may be substituted by the LED versions, with an appropriate cost increase. At present, there is no LED version of the A500-14 tail light/strobe, other than the AeroLEDS™ Suntail.
 | AeroLEDs™ Lights
Lighting Systems for Night Flying | | O.E.M. agreement with Whelen
The Whelen lighting systems and components offered are under an O.E.M. agreement with Whelen and are ONLY available for sale to builders of Van's Aircraft kits.
* Denotes a Whelen product.
 | Strobe/Position Lighting Systems*
Six Lighting Systems for Night Flying | | Components for Building Your Own System
The individual components can be purchased for your own customized lighting system. Replacement bulbs and covers are also available at the end of this section.
 | Wingtip Strobe/ Position/Rear Position Light *
Single Unit Provides Anti-Collision and All Position Lighting |  | Wingtip Strobe/Position Light *
Single Unit Provides Colored Position and Anti-Collision Light |  | Strobe Piggyback Unit *
Used as a Mold-In Stabilizer Tip Strobe | | White Tail Position Light *
White Tail Light (A555) and Tail Light/Strobe (A500) |  | Single Strobe Assembly *
Strobe Lights and Mount |  | Teardrop Position Lights *
Wingtip Mount Position Lights | | Strobe Installation Packages *
Wire and Connectors for Power Supply to Lamphead | | Power Supply *
Two Supplies for Single or Three Bulb Operation |  | Replacement Parts *
Replacement Parts for Navigation and Strobe Systems |  | Whelen Post Lights *
Red, Blue or Clear Light | | Replacement Lenses
Molded Clear Lenses for Wingtips |  | Airtech Wingtip Lens Kit
Complete Drop-in Lens Kit | | Simple Wingtip Lens Kit
Flush Mounting Lens Fits Neatly Into the Fiberglass | | Replacement Lamp
For Van's Gauges |  | Cockpit Light
Swivels and Tilts |  | Flexible Light Strip
Red or White LEDs |  | Dome Light
LED |  | Eyeball Cockpit Lights
Small Adjustable Lights |  | Nav Light Extensions
Extensions to Fiberglass Wingtip |  | RV-7/8 Wing Tip Landing Light Kit
Complete Landing Light System |  | RV-10
Landing Light Kit |  | Leading Edge Landing/Taxi Light Kit
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