Volume: 1Date: 2023-01-01Original Date: 2023-01-01Title: Section 29.779 - Motion and effect of cockpit controls.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. - Personnel and Cargo Accommodations.
§ 29.779Motion and effect of cockpit controls.
Cockpit controls must be designed so that they operate in accordance with
the following movements and actuation:
Code of Federal Regulations /
Title 14 - Aeronautics and Space /
Vol. 1 / 2023-01-01611
(a) Flight controls, including the collective pitch control, must operate with a sense of motion which corresponds to the effect on the rotorcraft.(b) Twist-grip engine power controls must be designed so that, for lefthand operation, the motion of the pilot's hand is clockwise to increase power when the hand is viewed from the edge containing the index finger. Other engine power controls, excluding the collective control, must operate with a forward motion to increase power.(c) Normal landing gear controls must operate downward to extend the landing gear.