Navigate / EASA

VTOL.2245 Aeroelasticity

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(a)     The aircraft must be free from flutter, control reversal, and divergence:

(1)     at all speeds within and sufficiently beyond the structural design envelope;

(2)     for any configuration and condition of operation;

(3)     accounting for critical degrees of freedom; and

(4)     accounting for any critical failures or malfunctions.

(b)     The applicants' design must account for tolerances for all quantities that affect flutter.