AMC VLA 301(d) Loads (Interpretative Material)

• ED Decision 2003/18/RM found in: CS-VLA Amdt 1 - Very Light Aeroplanes (Mar 2009)

AMC VLA 301(d) Loads (Interpretative Material) ED Decision 2003/18/RM A conventional configuration may be taken as an aeroplane with - a. A forward wing with an aft cruciform tail unit substantially separated in the fore and aft sense from the wing; and b. Whose lifting surfaces are either untapered or have essentially continuous taper with no more than 30° fore or aft sweep at the quarter chord line and equipped with trailing edge controls. Trailing edge flaps may be fitted. NOTES: Configurations for which specific investigation is required include - (i) Canard, tandem-wing, close-coupled or tailless arrangements of the lifting surfaces; (ii) Cantilever bi-planes or multiplanes; (iii) T-tail or V-tail arrangements; (iv) Highly swept (more than 30° at quarter chord), delta or slatted lifting surfaces; (v) Winglets or other tip devices, including outboard fins.