Title 14 - Aeronautics and Space
Volume: 1Date: 2024-01-01Original Date: 2024-01-01Title: Section 25.1515 - Landing gear speeds.Context:
Title 14 - Aeronautics and Space. CHAPTER I - FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. SUBCHAPTER C - AIRCRAFT. PART 25 - AIRWORTHINESS STANDARDS: TRANSPORT CATEGORY AIRPLANES. Subpart G - Operating Limitations and Information. - Operating Limitations.
§ 25.1515
Landing gear speeds.
(a) The established landing gear operating speed or speeds,
V
LO,
may not exceed 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 designated as
V
LO(EXT)
and
V
LO(RET),
respectively.
(b) The established landing gear extended speed
V
LE
may not exceed the speed at which it is safe to fly with the landing gear secured in the fully extended 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]