14 CFR § 31.45 - Fuel cells.

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title: "14 CFR § 31.45 - Fuel cells."
title_number: 14
title_name: "Aeronautics and Space"
section_number: "31.45"
section_name: "Fuel cells."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
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part_number: "31"
part_name: "AIRWORTHINESS STANDARDS: MANNED FREE BALLOONS"
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# 31.45 Fuel cells.

If fuel cells are used, the fuel cells, their attachments, and related supporting structure must be shown by tests to be capable of withstanding, without detrimental distortion or failure, any inertia loads to which the installation may be subjected, including the drop tests prescribed in § 31.27(c). In the tests, the fuel cells must be loaded to the weight and pressure equivalent to the full fuel quantity condition.

[Amdt. 31-3, 41 FR 55474, Dec. 20, 1976]