{"data":{"id":"us/14-cfr-23.2300","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"14 CFR 23.2300","heading":"Flight control systems.","body":"(a) The applicant must design airplane flight control systems to:\n(1) Operate easily, smoothly, and positively enough to allow proper performance of their functions.\n(2) Protect against likely hazards.\n(b) The applicant must design trim systems, if installed, to:\n(1) Protect against inadvertent, incorrect, or abrupt trim operation.\n(2) Provide a means to indicate—\n(i) The direction of trim control movement relative to airplane motion;\n(ii) The trim position with respect to the trim range;\n(iii) The neutral position for lateral and directional trim; and\n(iv) The range for takeoff for all applicant requested center of gravity ranges and configurations.","path":["Title 14—Aeronautics and Space","CHAPTER I—FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","SUBCHAPTER C—AIRCRAFT","PART 23—AIRWORTHINESS STANDARDS: NORMAL CATEGORY AIRPLANES","Subpart D—Design and Construction"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-14.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:20Z","sha256":"018d11ef407db94d9a60fe117096120f3b1ba307018242cbc12afc98f52a7de4","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/14-cfr-23.2270","next":"us/14-cfr-23.2305"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}