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.
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