[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: 14CFR27.337]

[Page 544-545]
 
                     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. 27.337  Limit maneuvering load factor.

    The rotorcraft must be designed for--

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    (a) A limit maneuvering load factor ranging from a positive limit of 
3.5 to a negative limit of -1.0; or
    (b) Any positive limit maneuvering load factor not less than 2.0 and 
any negative limit maneuvering load factor of not less than -0.5 for 
which--
    (1) The probability of being exceeded is shown by analysis and 
flight tests to be extremely remote; and
    (2) The selected values are appropriate to each weight condition 
between the design maximum and design minimum weights.

[Amdt. 27-26, 55 FR 7999, Mar. 6, 1990]