[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: 14CFR27.337]



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                     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]