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14 CFR Ch. I (1–1–24 Edition) 

§ 25.1507 

§ 25.1507

Maneuvering speed. 

The maneuvering speed must be es-

tablished so that it does not exceed the 
design maneuvering speed 

V

A

deter-

mined under § 25.335(c). 

§ 25.1511

Flap extended speed. 

The established flap extended speed 

V

FE

must be established so that it does 

not exceed the design flap speed 

V

F

 

chosen under §§ 25.335(e) and 25.345, for 
the corresponding flap positions and 
engine powers. 

§ 25.1513

Minimum control speed. 

The minimum control speed 

V

MC

de-

termined under § 25.149 must be estab-
lished as an operating limitation. 

§ 25.1515

Landing gear speeds. 

(a) The established landing gear oper-

ating speed or speeds, 

V

LO,

may not ex-

ceed the speed at which it is safe both 
to extend and to retract the landing 
gear, as determined under § 25.729 or by 
flight characteristics. If the extension 
speed is not the same as the retraction 
speed, the two speeds must be des-
ignated as 

V

LO

(

EXT

)

and 

V

LO

(

RET

)

,

respec-

tively. 

(b) The established landing gear ex-

tended speed 

V

LE

may not exceed the 

speed at which it is safe to fly with the 
landing gear secured in the fully ex-
tended position, and that determined 
under § 25.729. 

[Doc. No. 5066, 29 FR 18291, Dec. 24, 1964, as 
amended by Amdt. 25–38, 41 FR 55468, Dec. 20, 
1976] 

§ 25.1516

Other speed limitations. 

Any other limitation associated with 

speed must be established. 

[Doc. No. 2000–8511, 66 FR 34024, June 26, 2001] 

§ 25.1517

Rough air speed, V

RA.

 

(a) A rough air speed, V

RA,

for use as 

the recommended turbulence penetra-
tion airspeed, and a rough air Mach 
number, M

RA

, for use as the rec-

ommended turbulence penetration 
Mach number, must be established. 
V

RA

/M

RA

must be sufficiently less than 

V

MO

/M

MO

to ensure that likely speed 

variation during rough air encounters 
will not cause the overspeed warning to 
operate too frequently. 

(b) At altitudes where V

MO

is not lim-

ited by Mach number, in the absence of 
a rational investigation substantiating 
the use of other values, V

RA

must be 

less than V

MO

minus 35 KTAS. 

(c) At altitudes where V

MO

is limited 

by Mach number, M

RA

may be chosen 

to provide an optimum margin between 
low and high speed buffet boundaries. 

[Amdt. 25–141, 79 FR 73469, Dec. 11, 2014, as 
amended by FAA–2022–1355; Amdt. No. 25–148, 
87 FR 75710, Dec. 9, 2022; 88 FR 2813, Jan. 18, 
2023] 

§ 25.1519

Weight, center of gravity, and 

weight distribution. 

The airplane weight, center of grav-

ity, and weight distribution limita-
tions determined under §§ 25.23 through 
25.27 must be established as operating 
limitations. 

§ 25.1521

Powerplant limitations. 

(a) 

General.  The powerplant limita-

tions prescribed in this section must be 
established so that they do not exceed 
the corresponding limits for which the 
engines or propellers are type certifi-
cated and do not exceed the values on 
which compliance with any other re-
quirement of this part is based. 

(b) 

Reciprocating engine installations. 

Operating limitations relating to the 
following must be established for recip-
rocating engine installations: 

(1) Horsepower or torque, r.p.m., 

manifold pressure, and time at critical 
pressure altitude and sea level pressure 
altitude for— 

(i) Maximum continuous power (re-

lating to unsupercharged operation or 
to operation in each supercharger mode 
as applicable); and 

(ii) Takeoff power (relating to unsu-

percharged operation or to operation in 
each supercharger mode as applicable). 

(2) Fuel grade or specification. 
(3) Cylinder head and oil tempera-

tures. 

(4) Any other parameter for which a 

limitation has been established as part 
of the engine type certificate except 
that a limitation need not be estab-
lished for a parameter that cannot be 
exceeded during normal operation due 
to the design of the installation or to 
another established limitation. 

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