Standard Practices for Unmanned Aircraft System Airworthiness (Withdrawn 2015)

SIGNIFICANCE AND USE
Designing, manufacturing, testing, and maintaining an unmanned aircraft system to comply with industry standards and recommended practices supports development of a certification package that helps ensure its reliability and can lead to its airworthiness certification. Government aviation authorities’ airworthiness certification processes exist to provide some level of assurance that critical systems will operate reliably and pose minimal risk to persons and property. The use of proven standards and practices in the design, manufacture, and test of these systems, especially for the mission critical components, contributes to this goal, as well as streamlining the certification process and simplifying the system test requirements. While developing to a set of standards and practices will not guarantee certification, the ability to show compliance with established standards provides the basis for a well-documented certification approval package.
Compliance with established standards and practices also provides assurance that a given component will function as intended in the specified environment and conditions. The standards cited in these practices have been developed by recognized standards-developing agencies; some are accepted by government aviation authorities as an acceptable means of compliance with airworthiness requirements. By their inclusion in these practices, they are considered to be consensus-based for unmanned aircraft-related purposes.
SCOPE
1.1 These practices identify existing regulations, standards, specifications, and handbooks to guide the design, manufacture, test, repair, and maintenance of unmanned aircraft systems and their components.
1.2 ApplicabilityThese practices apply to unmanned, powered, fixed wing aircraft and rotorcraft systems seeking government aviation authority approval in the form of airworthiness certificates, flight permits, or other like documentation. It is intended to be used as a reference by unmanned aircraft system designers and manufacturers, as well as by procurement authorities, to help ensure the airworthiness of these systems.
1.3 These practices provide a starting point for developing a standards-based airworthiness certification package for consideration by regulatory authorities. It lists those top-level standards applicable to the major subsystems and components of an unmanned aircraft system. It assumes that Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM)-provided subsystems and components, purchased and installed as a unit (for example, Global Positioning Systems), are themselves built to applicable standards that are not necessarily listed in these practices. These practices include standards for technologies that are currently in use in unmanned aircraft, as well as those that are not yet, but could be used in the future (for example, radioisotope thermoelectric generators).
1.4 Suggested changes, corrections, or updates should be forwarded to Committee F38.
1.5 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
WITHDRAWN RATIONALE
These practices identify existing regulations, standards, specifications, and handbooks to guide the design, manufacture, test, repair, and maintenance of unmanned aircraft systems and their components.
Formerly under the jurisdiction of Committee F38 on Unmanned Aircraft Systems, these practices were withdrawn in January 2015 in accordance with section 10.6.3 of the Regulations Governing ASTM Technical Committees, which requires that standards shall be updated by the end of the eighth year since the last approval date.

General Information

Status
Withdrawn
Publication Date
28-Feb-2006
Withdrawal Date
12-Jan-2015
Drafting Committee
Current Stage
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Designation: F2501 − 06
StandardPractices for
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Unmanned Aircraft System Airworthiness
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F2501; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope 2. Referenced Documents
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1.1 These practices identify existing regulations, standards, 2.1 ASTM Standards:
specifications, and handbooks to guide the design, B117 Practice for Operating Salt Spray (Fog) Apparatus
manufacture, test, repair, and maintenance of unmanned air- D910 Specification for Aviation Gasolines
craft systems and their components. D1655 Specification for Aviation Turbine Fuels
F2279 Practice for QualityAssurance in the Manufacture of
1.2 Applicability—These practices apply to unmanned,
Fixed Wing Light Sport Aircraft
powered, fixed wing aircraft and rotorcraft systems seeking
F2316 Specification forAirframe Emergency Parachutes for
government aviation authority approval in the form of airwor-
Light Sport Aircraft
thiness certificates, flight permits, or other like documentation.
F2339 Practice for Design and Manufacture of Reciprocat-
It is intended to be used as a reference by unmanned aircraft
ing Spark Ignition Engines for Light Sport Aircraft
systemdesignersandmanufacturers,aswellasbyprocurement
F2395 Terminology for Unmanned Aircraft Systems
authorities, to help ensure the airworthiness of these systems.
F2411 Specification for Design and Performance of an
1.3 These practices provide a starting point for developing a
Airborne Sense-and-Avoid System
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standards-based airworthiness certification package for consid-
2.2 AIAA Document:
eration by regulatory authorities. It lists those top-level stan-
AIAA R-103-2004 Terminology for Unmanned Aerial Ve-
dardsapplicabletothemajorsubsystemsandcomponentsofan
hicles and Remotely Operated Aircraft
unmanned aircraft system. It assumes that Original Equipment
Manufacturer (OEM)-provided subsystems and components, 3. Referenced Practices
purchased and installed as a unit (for example, Global Posi-
3.1 The regulations, standards, specifications, and hand-
tioning Systems), are themselves built to applicable standards
books cited as recommended practices herein are referenced
thatarenotnecessarilylistedinthesepractices.Thesepractices
for use in the following precedence: U.S. Federal Aviation
include standards for technologies that are currently in use in
Administration (FAA) regulations and advisory circulars; U.S.
unmanned aircraft, as well as those that are not yet, but could
Department of Defense (DoD) standards, specifications and
be used in the future (for example, radioisotope thermoelectric
handbooks; documents produced by other government agen-
generators).
cies; and non government standards (NGS) produced by
1.4 Suggested changes, corrections, or updates should be standards development organizations (SDOs) and similar bod-
forwarded to Committee F38.
ies. Suffixes indicating editions of referenced standards are
omitted to reduce the frequency of updates to these practices.
1.5 This standard does not purport to address all of the
Non-current standards are so indicated at the end of their titles.
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
3.2 Referencesaremadetostandardswrittenspecificallyfor
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
other than unmanned aircraft (for example, light sport aircraft)
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
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For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
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These practices are under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee F38 on contact ASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM
Unmanned Aircraft Systems and are the direct responsibility of Subcommittee Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
F38.01 on Airworthiness. the ASTM website.
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Current edition approved March 1, 2006. Published March 2006. DOI: 10.1520/ Available from American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA),
F2501-06. 1801 Alexander Bell Drive, Suite 500, Reston, VA 20191-4344.
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and for human considerations (for example, personal para-
Non-metals 7.1.1.2
Structures 7.1.2
chutes) where they are judged to have some degree of parallel
Flight Controls 7.1.3
applicability to unmanned aircraft design and use.
Actuators 7.1.3.1
Control Linkages 7.1.3.2
4. Terminology Autopilots
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