[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 14, Volume 1]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 14CFR27.321]



[Page 577]

 

                     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]