Title 14 - Aeronautics and Space
Volume: 1Date: 2023-01-01Original Date: 2023-01-01Title: Section 29.659 - Mass balance.Context:
Title 14 - Aeronautics and Space. CHAPTER I - FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. SUBCHAPTER C - AIRCRAFT. PART 29 - AIRWORTHINESS STANDARDS: TRANSPORT CATEGORY ROTORCRAFT. Subpart D - Design and Construction. - Rotors.
§ 29.659
Mass balance.
(a) The rotor and blades must be mass balanced as necessary to—
(1) Prevent excessive vibration; and
(2) Prevent flutter at any speed up to the maximum forward speed.
(b) The structural integrity of the mass balance installation must be substantiated.
[Amdt. 29–3, 33 FR 967, Jan. 26, 1968]