14 CFR § 35.22 - Feathering propellers.

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title: "14 CFR § 35.22 - Feathering propellers."
title_number: 14
title_name: "Aeronautics and Space"
section_number: "35.22"
section_name: "Feathering propellers."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "AIRCRAFT"
part_number: "35"
part_name: "AIRWORTHINESS STANDARDS: PROPELLERS"
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authority: "49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g), 40113, 44701-44702, 44704."
regulatory_source: "Docket No. 2095, 29 FR 7458, June 10, 1964, unless otherwise noted."
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# 35.22 Feathering propellers.

(a) Feathering propellers are intended to feather from all flight conditions, taking into account expected wear and leakage. Any feathering and unfeathering limitations must be documented in the appropriate manuals.

(b) Propeller pitch control systems that use engine oil to feather must incorporate a method to allow the propeller to feather if the engine oil system fails.

(c) Feathering propellers must be designed to be capable of unfeathering after the propeller system has stabilized to the minimum declared outside air temperature.

[Amdt. 35-8, 73 FR 63347, Oct. 24, 2008]