ED Decision 2003/16/RM
(a) Each instrument with static air case connections must be vented to the outside atmosphere through an appropriate piping system.
(b) Each vent must be located where its orifices are least affected by airflow variation, moisture, or other foreign matter.
(c) Each static pressure port must be designed and located in such manner that the correlation between air pressure in the static pressure system and true ambient atmospheric static pressure is not altered when the rotorcraft encounters icing conditions. An anti-icing means or an alternate source of static pressure may be used in showing compliance with this requirement.
If the reading of the altimeter, when on the alternate static pressure system, differs from the reading of the altimeter when on the primary static system by more than 15 m (50 ft), a correction card must be provided for the alternate static system.
(d) Except for the vent into the atmosphere, each system must be airtight.
(e) Each pressure altimeter must be approved and calibrated to indicate pressure altitude in a standard atmosphere with a minimum practicable calibration error when the corresponding static pressures are applied.
(f) Each system must be designed and installed so that an error in indicated pressure altitude, at sea-level, with a standard atmosphere, excluding instrument calibration error, does not result in an error of more than ±9 m (±30 ft) per 185 km/h (100 knots) speed. However, the error need not be less than ±9 m (±30 ft).
(g) Except as provided in sub-paragraph (h) if the static pressure system incorporates both a primary and an alternate static pressure source, the means for selecting one or the other source must be designed so that:
(1) When either source is selected, the other is blocked off; and
(2) Both sources cannot be blocked off simultaneously.
(h) For unpressurised rotorcraft, sub-paragraph (g)(1) does not apply if it can be demonstrated that the static pressure system calibration, when either static pressure source is selected, is not changed by the other static pressure source being open or blocked.
CS 29.1325 specifies static pressure system venting, port placement, icing protection, altimeter calibration, and error limits for rotorcraft, including alternate source correction cards and selector design.
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