ra aus 10- prefix. still used?

[danny_galaga]

as per title, is this still a thing? If so, does it only apply to 'microlights'?

 

oh, and also can you try for a specific suffix like like you can with VH?

 

 

[kasper]

Yes.  95.10 aircraft can be registered with RAAus or HGFA dependant on type.

 

home built single seaters limited to 300kg mtow and 30kg/m at mtow are not terribly popular ... particularly as you’re not allowed to put kits onto that series unless the kit has been preapproved by RAAus/HGFA ... and I don’t think any have. 

 

basically  you can register a single sweater from a kit or home built in 95.55 and have 19 reg with more flexibility or under 95.32 with 32- reg so very few use 10- for new builds.  

 

The only real benefit of it is if you wanted to build a very light single seater jet or multi engine ultralight as the single engine propellor driven limits do not apply to 10- but do to all other RAAus series. 

 

On number sequence - all RAAus aircraft can have personalised numbers so long as they are not already used.  RAAus will charge you extra to get it allocated but it’s a possibility 

 

 

[danny_galaga]

no probs. I thought it would be something along those lines. Just turns out that the number I wanted to use would look even better prefixed with 10- ?

 

But the plane is not in that category so 19- it is

 

 

[kasper]

Be aware that once registered in ANY RAAus registration sequence it cannot be changed after.  If you want a specific number - and it’s available - you have to build the plane to get that number.  

 

In RAAUS registration is for the life of the airframe 

 

 

[old man emu]

Can you reserve the number like you can with CASA?

 

 

[kasper]

Can you reserve the number like you can with CASA?

Yes.  Once you have advised RAAus of the build and it’s underway you can reserve a number ... for a fee ... and it’s an annual fee to maintain it until you finish and register.  

 

 

[danny_galaga]

Be aware that once registered in ANY RAAus registration sequence it cannot be changed after.  If you want a specific number - and it’s available - you have to build the plane to get that number.  

In RAAUS registration is for the life of the airframe 

 

Well, I can’t imagine you’d want to change a number on your plane once you have it, whether you picked it or not so that won’t be a problem:)

 

 

[danny_galaga]

I saw a plane the other day with only three digits. The owner explained it was because it ended in zero (or was it beginning with zero?) 

 

anyway, if you have a number like that, would I be right in assuming you could still display all four digits if you want?

 

 

[frank marriott]

I saw a plane the other day with only three digits. The owner explained it was because it ended in zero (or was it beginning with zero?) 

anyway, if you have a number like that, would I be right in assuming you could still display all four digits if you want?

Ops manual 4.02

 

ICAO group method is the preferred means for expressing a four digit call sign. Group form is the pronunciation of a series of numbers as the whole number, or pairs of numbers they represent rather than pronouncing each separate digit. The use of group form may, however, be negated by four-digit identifiers or the placement of zeros in the identifier.

 

Examples:

 

Lightwing 0437 Tecnam 1346 Trike 1215 Aerochute 1001

 

= “Lightwing, zero four thirty-seven.” = “Tecnam, thirteen forty-six.”

 

= “Trike, twelve-fifteen.”

 

= “Aerochute ten zero one.”

 

 

[danny_galaga]

I probably wasn’t clear. The rego painted on the side of his airplane was something like 19-438

 

when I asked why it was only three digits he said it began (or ended, can’t remember now) with a zero so it didn’t have to be painted on. My question is- if his rego was 19-0438 is it the case you can paint the zero on if you desired? 

 

Also, which is it that you would only

 

need 3 digits? 0438, or 4380? If the latter then I don’t have to worry because the number I’m hoping to get ends with a zero, not begins with a zero

 

 

[ev17ifly2]

I think this guy might be having a lend of you. Section 5.1, 10.2 in the RA tech manual states that the 2 digit prefix, hyphen then the 4 digit rego must be displayed 

 

 

[danny_galaga]

This is the plane. Nick named ‘Tweety’

 

 

 

[ev17ifly2]

25 prefix, early ultralight. Probably old rego or has an exemption, either way long before I started flying. 

 

 

[kasper]

Until tech manual 4 the leading 0 was not required to be displayed so 25-0125 could be 25-125

 

and in addition before tech 4 the 10- did not need to be displayed so 10-0125 could be 125 on the airframe.

 

all of this changed with tech 4 with no leading 0 exemptions and a requirement for 10- display. BUT all aircraft on the register at the date of tech 4 got grandfathered rights to display but you could choose to comply if you wanted. 

 

And if if you were one of the one airframes registered in 95-10 after the removal of display requirements in the ops manual but before they corrected the errors in tech 4 on display you have no obligation to display ANY rego marking on the airframe and that right was grandfathered. 

 

So so if you see a little yellow trike flying around without markings displayed just listen for the radio if I am using it because I’m legit no rego display and I choose not to voluntarily comply.  ?

 

 

[danny_galaga]

Cool, the upshot is that there is nothing controversial about the number I want pick ?