[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 14, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 14CFR31.57]

[Page 767]
 
                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE
 
CHAPTER I--FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 31_AIRWORTHINESS STANDARDS: MANNED FREE BALLOONS--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart D_Design Construction
 
Sec.  31.57  Rip cords.

    (a) If a rip cord is used for emergency deflation, it must be 
designed and installed to preclude entanglement.
    (b) The force required to operate the rip cord may not be less than 
25, or more than 75, pounds.
    (c) The end of the rip cord to be operated by the pilot must be 
colored red.
    (d) The rip cord must be long enough to allow an increase of at 
least 10 percent in the vertical dimension of the envelope.