17.1 General
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17.1 General

 The operational safety of the craft in normal service conditions and in equipment failure situations of a craft to which this Code applies should be demonstrated by full-scale tests of the prototype craft. The objective of tests is to determine information to be included in the craft operating manual in relation to:

  • .1 handling and performance limitations;

  • .2 actions to be taken in the event of prescribed failure; and

  • .3 limitations to be observed for safe operation subsequent to prescribed failures.


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