14 CFR § 29.361 - Engine torque.

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title: "14 CFR § 29.361 - Engine torque."
title_number: 14
title_name: "Aeronautics and Space"
section_number: "29.361"
section_name: "Engine torque."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "AIRCRAFT"
part_number: "29"
part_name: "AIRWORTHINESS STANDARDS: TRANSPORT CATEGORY ROTORCRAFT"
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regulatory_source: "Docket No. 5084, 29 FR 16150, Dec. 3, 1964, unless otherwise noted."
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# 29.361 Engine torque.

The limit engine torque may not be less than the following:

(a) For turbine engines, the highest of—

(1) The mean torque for maximum continuous power multiplied by 1.25;

(2) The torque required by § 29.923;

(3) The torque required by § 29.927; or

(4) The torque imposed by sudden engine stoppage due to malfunction or structural failure (such as compressor jamming).

(b) For reciprocating engines, the mean torque for maximum continuous power multiplied by—

(1) 1.33, for engines with five or more cylinders; and

(2) Two, three, and four, for engines with four, three, and two cylinders, respectively.

[Amdt. 29-26, 53 FR 34215, Sept. 2, 1988]