Environmental Envelope Demonstration Test Points

In plain language

The manufacturer's testing must cover various flight phases, weather conditions, electromagnetic interference, and external factors like wind and night operations.

Requirement as structured

Demonstration test points for the environmental envelope must cover all configurations, phases of flight, meteorological conditions, EMI/HIRF, external factors, inadvertent exceedance, and storage/transportation limits.

Original regulatory text

- 2. Demonstration test points shall include, at a minimum, coverage of the following aspects of the environmental envelope: - a. account for all configurations and for all phases of flight of the RPAS, including acceptable failures or degradation of components and systems and any environmental factors specific to the concept of operation(s) - b. include the operationally safe range for: - (i) meteorological conditions - (ii) any other external factors specific to the concept of operations that may adversely affect safety of the operation. - (iii) EMI and HIRF. - (iv) external factors that may adversely affect safety such as g-loading, aircraft attitudes, crosswind, night, operating latitude, urban airflow, proximity to items of inspection or to infrastructure. - c. account for inadvertent exceedance of the demonstrated environmental envelope before detection can be realized and corrected and where the limiting condition cannot be prevented. - d. any safety related limitations for storage and transportation.

Applies when

country

Canada

regulatory category

Specific