FAA 14 CFR 23

Question 1

What are the criteria for establishing VMC?

FAA 14 CFR 23

Answer 1

• Maximum available takeoff power
• Propeller windmilling in takeoff pitch (or feathered, if equipped with
  autofeather)
• Most unfavorable (aft-most) center of gravity and maximum takeoff
  weight (or any lesser weight necessary to show Vmc)
• Landing gear retracted
• Wing and cowl flaps in the takeoff position
• Trimmed for takeoff
• Airborne, out of ground effect.
• Zero Slide Slip

1. Stop the turn that results when the critical engine is suddenly made
   inoperative within 20 degrees of the original heading, using maximum rudder
   deflection and a maximum of five degrees angle of bank into the operative
   engine; and
2. Thereafter, maintain straight flight with not more than a five-degree angle of
   bank.