[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: 14CFR29.65]



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                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE

 

CHAPTER I--FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

 

PART 29_AIRWORTHINESS STANDARDS: TRANSPORT CATEGORY ROTORCRAFT--Table 

of Contents

 

                            Subpart B_Flight

 

Sec. 29.65  Climb: All engines operating.



    (a) The steady rate of climb must be determined--

    (1) With maximum continuous power;

    (2) With the landing gear retracted; and

    (3) At Vy for standard sea level conditions and at speeds 

selected by the applicant for other conditions.

    (b) For each Category B rotorcraft except helicopters, the rate of 

climb determined under paragraph (a) of this section must provide a 

steady climb gradient of at least 1:6 under standard sea level 

conditions.



(Secs. 313(a), 601, 603, 604, and 605 of the Federal Aviation Act of 

1958 (49 U.S.C. 1354(a), 1421, 1423, 1424, and 1425); and sec. 6(c), 

Dept. of Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. 1655(c)))



[Doc. No. 5084, 29 FR 16150. Dec. 3, 1964, as amended by Amdt. 29-15, 43 

FR 2326, Jan. 16, 1978; Amdt. 29-39, 61 FR 21900, May 10, 1996; 61 FR 

33963, July 1, 1996]