Easa Cs23
Joined: Dec 2003
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From: Midlands
EASA CS-23 is a design code aimed at the larger light aircraft up to commuter size.
CS-23 also caters for aerobatic aircraft - the lower-weight design codes like JAR VLA or BCAR Section S do not have provision for aerobatics.
CS-23 is very similar to FAR 23, which is the major design code used in the USA for modern factory-built light aircraft, at least until the sport-pilot ASTM design codes were introduced for the lighter machines in the USA.
An aircraft fully compliant with the CS-23 design code should be eligible for a Permit to Fly if homebuilt, or would be eligible for a C of A if Type Certificated and built in an Approved factory.
The CAA ask PFA to seek compliance with the major chunks of CS-23 for homebuilts with greater than 2 seats.
CS-23 is just a set of requirements for design. It covers everything from performance, stability, handling, through structural integrity and detail design to power-plant installation, the shape of the undercarriage selector, you name it.
To be able to produce a certified aircraft, it not only has to comply with the design code, but it has to be built in an Approved factory, and there must be a Type Certificate issued to the design and a Type Certificate holder, who monitors continued airworthiness, issue Service Bulletins, etc, etc.
KZ8
CS-23 also caters for aerobatic aircraft - the lower-weight design codes like JAR VLA or BCAR Section S do not have provision for aerobatics.
CS-23 is very similar to FAR 23, which is the major design code used in the USA for modern factory-built light aircraft, at least until the sport-pilot ASTM design codes were introduced for the lighter machines in the USA.
An aircraft fully compliant with the CS-23 design code should be eligible for a Permit to Fly if homebuilt, or would be eligible for a C of A if Type Certificated and built in an Approved factory.
The CAA ask PFA to seek compliance with the major chunks of CS-23 for homebuilts with greater than 2 seats.
CS-23 is just a set of requirements for design. It covers everything from performance, stability, handling, through structural integrity and detail design to power-plant installation, the shape of the undercarriage selector, you name it.
To be able to produce a certified aircraft, it not only has to comply with the design code, but it has to be built in an Approved factory, and there must be a Type Certificate issued to the design and a Type Certificate holder, who monitors continued airworthiness, issue Service Bulletins, etc, etc.
KZ8
Last edited by KZ8; 5th July 2007 at 19:57.
