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(a) This Special Condition prescribes airworthiness standards for the issuance of the type certificate, and changes to this type certificate, for a person-carrying vertical take-off and landing (VTOL)-capable aircraft in the small category. This Special Condition is applicable to aircraft with lift/thrust units used to generate powered lift and control and with more than two lift/thrust units used to provide lift during vertical take-off or landing.
(b) For the purposes of this Special Condition, the following definition applies:
(1) ‘commercial air transport’ means an aircraft operation to transport passengers, cargo or mail for remuneration or other valuable consideration;
(2) ‘congested area’ means in relation to a city, town or settlement, any area which is substantially used for residential, commercial or recreational purposes;
(3) ‘continued safe flight and landing’ means an aircraft is capable of continued controlled flight and landing at a vertiport, possibly using emergency procedures, without requiring exceptional piloting skill or strength;
(4) ‘controlled emergency landing’ means an aircraft is capable of performing a controlled landing, possibly using emergency procedures, without requiring exceptional piloting skill or strength. Upon landing, some aircraft damage may occur;
(5) ‘normal flight envelope’ means the flight envelope associated with routine operational and/or prescribed conditions;
(6) ‘operational flight envelope’ means the flight envelope associated with warning onset;
(7) ‘limit flight envelope’ means the flight envelope associated with aircraft design limits or protection limits;
(8) ‘vertiport’ means an area of land, water, or structure used or intended to be used for the landing and take-off of VTOL-capable aircraft, and for the movement of VTOL-capable aircraft.
(c) This Special Condition applies to aircraft that are not pressurised.
(d) This Special Condition applies to aircraft with a VNO ≤ 250 knots calibrated airspeed (KCAS).
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