# 14 CFR § 29.337: Limit maneuvering load factor

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-14-29.337

## Section

- **Citation:** 14 CFR § 29.337
- **Heading:** Limit maneuvering load factor
- **Jurisdiction:** Federal
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** September 22, 2026
- **Source:** Publisher's official text
- **Location:** Title 14—Aeronautics and Space > CHAPTER I—FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION > SUBCHAPTER C—AIRCRAFT > PART 29—AIRWORTHINESS STANDARDS: TRANSPORT CATEGORY ROTORCRAFT > Subpart C—Strength Requirements > Flight Loads

## Text

The rotorcraft must be designed for—
(a) A limit maneuvering load factor ranging from a positive limit of 3.5 to a negative limit of −1.0; or
(b) Any positive limit maneuvering load factor not less than 2.0 and any negative limit maneuvering load factor of not less than −0.5 for which—
(1) The probability of being exceeded is shown by analysis and flight tests to be extremely remote; and
(2) The selected values are appropriate to each weight condition between the design maximum and design minimum weights.
[Doc. No. 5084, 29 FR 16150, Dec. 3, 1964, as amended by Amdt. 27-26, 55 FR 8002, Mar. 6, 1990]

## Nearby sections

- [14 CFR § 29.301 § 29.301 Loads.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-14-29.301.md)
- [14 CFR § 29.303 § 29.303 Factor of safety.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-14-29.303.md)
- [14 CFR § 29.305 § 29.305 Strength and deformation.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-14-29.305.md)
- [14 CFR § 29.307 § 29.307 Proof of structure.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-14-29.307.md)
- [14 CFR § 29.309 § 29.309 Design limitations.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-14-29.309.md)
- [14 CFR § 29.321 § 29.321 General.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-14-29.321.md)
- [14 CFR § 29.337 § 29.337 Limit maneuvering load factor.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-14-29.337.md)
- [14 CFR § 29.339 § 29.339 Resultant limit maneuvering loads.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-14-29.339.md)
- [14 CFR § 29.341 § 29.341 Gust loads.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-14-29.341.md)
- [14 CFR § 29.351 § 29.351 Yawing conditions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-14-29.351.md)
- [14 CFR § 29.361 § 29.361 Engine torque.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-14-29.361.md)
- [14 CFR § 29.391 § 29.391 General.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-14-29.391.md)
- [14 CFR § 29.395 § 29.395 Control system.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-14-29.395.md)
- [14 CFR § 29.397 § 29.397 Limit pilot forces and torques.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-14-29.397.md)

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