[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 14, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 14CFR27.321]

[Page 544]
 
                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE
 
CHAPTER I--FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 27--AIRWORTHINESS STANDARDS: NORMAL CATEGORY ROTORCRAFT--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart C--Strength Requirements
 
Sec. 27.321  General.

    (a) The flight load factor must be assumed to act normal to the 
longitudinal axis of the rotorcraft, and to be equal in magnitude and 
opposite in direction to the rotorcraft inertia load factor at the 
center of gravity.
    (b) Compliance with the flight load requirements of this subpart 
must be shown--
    (1) At each weight from the design minimum weight to the design 
maximum weight; and
    (2) With any practical distribution of disposable load within the 
operating limitations in the Rotorcraft Flight Manual.

[Doc. No. 5074, 29 FR 15695, Nov. 24, 1964, as amended by Amdt. 27-11, 
41 FR 55468, Dec. 20, 1976]