Van Ruggles

Document ID: FAA-2007-28730-0006
Document Type: Public Submission
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration
Received Date: October 22 2007, at 04:28 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Date Posted: October 25 2007, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Comment Start Date: August 21 2007, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Comment Due Date: October 22 2007, at 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time
Tracking Number: 80354e70
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This is comment on Proposed Rule

Airworthiness Directives; GARMIN International GSM 85 Servo Gearbox Units

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The use of the language "excessive manual force" has the connotation that the flight crew may not be able to control the aircraft. While we agree the force is more than typical or usual, the force to overcome the slip clutch in the servo is by certification and design requirement within the capability of the flight crew to control the aircraft. Recommendation: Find and replace "excessive manual force" with "sufficient control force to override the servo gearbox slip clutch in order". It appears 3 times in the NPRM.

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Van Ruggles
Public Submission Posted: 10/25/2007 ID: FAA-2007-28730-0006

Comment Period Closed
Oct 22,2007 11:59 PM ET