UAM.IDE.VCA.100 Instruments and equipment

(a)The instruments, data and equipment required by this Subpart, as well as by the type-certification requirements and airspace requirements, shall be installed on or carried in the VCA according to the conditions under which the operation is to be conducted. Instruments and equipment required by this Subpart, as well as by the type-certification requirements and airspace requirements, shall be approved in accordance with the applicable airworthiness requirements, except for the following items:

(1)first-aid kits;

(2)survival and signalling equipment;

(3)sea anchors and equipment for mooring; and

(4)child restraint devices.

(b)Instruments and equipment not required by this Annex, as well as any other equipment which is not required pursuant to this Regulation, but carried on a flight, shall comply with the following:

(1)the information provided by these instruments, equipment or accessories shall not be used by the pilot to comply with Annex II and with point 2.1 of Annex IX to Regulation (EU) 2018/1139 or with points UAM.IDE.MVCA.330, and UAM.IDE.MVCA.345 of this Annex; and

(2)the instruments and equipment shall not affect the airworthiness of the aircraft, even in the case of failure or malfunction.

(c)If equipment is to be used by the pilot at their assigned station during the flight, it shall be installed so as to be easily operable from that station. When a single item of equipment is to be used by more than one person at their assigned stations, it shall be installed so as to be readily operable from any station.

(d)Those instruments that are used by the pilot shall be so arranged as to permit the pilot to see the indications readily from their assigned station with the minimum practicable deviation from the position and line of vision that the pilot normally assumes when looking forward along the flight path.

(e)All required emergency equipment shall be easily accessible for immediate use.