Climb: All engines operating.

  1. Law
  2. CFR 14
  3. Aeronautics and Space
  4. Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
  5. Aircraft
  6. Airworthiness Standards: Transport Category Rotorcraft
  7. Flight
  8. Performance
  9. Climb: All engines operating.

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§ 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]


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