ASTM F2427-04
(Specification)Standard Specification for Required Product Information to be Provided with Lighter-Than-Air Light Sport Aircraft
Standard Specification for Required Product Information to be Provided with Lighter-Than-Air Light Sport Aircraft
SCOPE
1.1 This specification covers the manufacture of lighter-than-air light sport aircraft.
1.1.1 This specification covers the minimum requirements for information that shall be provided by the manufacturer or seller of new lighter-than-air aircraft as a part of the initial sale or transfer to the first end user.
1.2 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 to determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
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Designation: F 2427 – 04
Standard Specification for
Required Product Information to be Provided with Lighter-
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Than-Air Light Sport Aircraft.
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F 2427; 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 (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope and the manufacturers statement of compliance, as defined in
the following paragraphs. Additional aircraft type specific
1.1 This specification covers the manufacture of lighter-
requirements are provided in the annexes.
than-air light sport aircraft.
3.2 Information Plate—A manufacturer-issued stainless
1.1.1 This specification covers the minimum requirements
steel information plate, printed in English, shall be perma-
for information that shall be provided by the manufacturer or
nently affixed to the aircraft in a visible location and shall be
seller of new lighter-than-air aircraft as a part of the initial sale
designed to remain legible for the expected life of the aircraft.
or transfer to the first end user.
The information plate shall have the required information
1.2 This standard does not purport to address all of the
either stamped or engraved into the plate.
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
3.2.1 Serial Number—A manufacturer-issued unique iden-
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
tifying number or code.
priate safety and health practices and to determine the
3.2.2 Name and Manufacturer, shall include the aircraft
applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
name, the manufacturer’s name, and the manufacturer’s main
2. Terminology
location including, city, state, and country.
3.2.3 Model Number—A manufacturer-issued unique iden-
2.1 Definitions:
tifying number or code assigned to each manufactured type of
2.1.1 airship—engine-driven lighter-than-air aircraft that
aircraft having the same structural design or components.
can be steered.
3.2.4 Date of Manufacture—The date (month and year)
2.1.2 balloon—lighter-than-air aircraft that is not engine-
determined by the manufacturer that the aircraft met his
driven, and that sustains flight through the use of either gas
required design and manufacturing specifications.
buoyancy or an airborne heater.
2.1.3 lighter-than-air aircraft—aircraft that can rise and
4. Placard Notice
remain suspended by using contained gas weighing less than
4.1 The following placard notice shall be posted in the
the air that is displaced by the gas.
aircraft passenger area so that it is visible to both the pilot and
2.1.4 POH—pilot operating handbook.
passenger upon entry or while seated in the aircraft. The
2.1.5 thermal airship—airship using heated air for a portion
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lettering shall be a minimum of 3.1 mm ( ⁄8 in.) high.
of its lift, incorporating design features to prevent nose
4.1.1 PASSENGER NOTICE: This aircraft conforms to
collapse due to dynamic pressure and exempt from specific
ASTM Consensus Standards of airworthiness developed and
pressurized envelope requirements.
maintained by the aviation community underASTM Technical
2.1.6 vectored thrust balloon—thermal balloon with thrust
Committee F37.
capabilitythatdoesnothavedesignfeaturestopreventforward
envelope collapse due to dynamic pressure and is therefore
5. Pilot Operating Handbook (see Annex)
limited in its lateral speed capability.
5.1 General.
3. Information Requirements 5.2 Limitations.
5.3 Emergency procedures.
3.1 The manufacturer shall provide critical information for
5.4 Normal procedures.
each aircraft. This information shall include, but not be limited
5.5 Performance.
to, the information plate attached to the aircraft, the placard
5.6 Weight and balance.
notice, the pilot operating handbook, the maintenance manual,
5.7 Description of the aircraft and its systems.
5.8 Handling, servicing, and maintenance.
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee F37 on Light
5.9 Supplements.
Sport Aircraft and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee F37.60 on Cross
5.10 Data location.
Cutting Issues.
Current edition approved Dec. 1, 2004. Published December 2004.
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5.11 Passenger warning. 6.2.6 Loss of information needed to safely fly the aircraft.
6. Maintenance Manual 7. Manufacturer’s Statement of Compliance
6.1 The manual shall provide, but not be limited to, the
7.1 The statement shall include a statement identifying the
minimum maintenance requirements as defined by the aircraft ASTMstandardsus
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