CS 25.373 Speed control devices

If speed control devices (such as spoilers and drag flaps) are installed for use in en-route conditions:

(a)The aeroplane must be designed for the symmetrical manoeuvres and gusts prescribed in CS 25.333, CS 25.337, the yawing manoeuvres in CS 25.351, and the vertical and lateral gust and turbulence conditions prescribed in CS 25.341(a) and (b) at each setting and the maximum speed associated with that setting; and

(b)If the device has automatic operating or load limiting features, the aeroplane must be designed for the manoeuvre and gust conditions prescribed in sub-paragraph (a) of this paragraph, at the speeds and corresponding device positions that the mechanism allows.

[Amdt 25/1]