Navigate / EASA

CS 22.395  Control system loads

ED Decision 2003/13/RM

(a)     Each flight control system, including stops, and its supporting structure must be designed for the loads corresponding to at least 125% of the computed hinge moments of the movable control surfaces in the conditions prescribed in CS 22.415 through CS 22.455. In computing the hinge moments reliable aerodynamic data must be used. The effects of tabs must be taken into account. In no case must the loads in any part of the system be less than those resulting from the application of 60% of the pilot efforts specified in CS 22.397(a).

(b)     Pilot forces used for design are assumed to act at the appropriate control grips or pads as they would in flight, and to be reacted at the attachments of the control system to the control surface horns.