---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 29.675"
title: "14"
number: "29.675"
heading: "Stops."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/29.675"
---

# §29.675. Stops.

- (a) Each control system must have stops that positively limit the range of motionof the pilot's controls.
- (b) Each stop must be located in the system so that the range of travel of its control is not appreciably affected by—
  - (1) Wear;
  - (2) Slackness; or
  - (3) **Takeup adjustments.**
- (c) Each stop must be able to withstand the loads corresponding to the design conditions for the system.
- (d) **For each main rotor blade—**
  - (1) Stops that are appropriate to the blade design must be provided to limit travel of the blade about its hinge points; and
  - (2) There must be means to keep the blade from hitting the droop stops during any operation other than starting and stopping the rotor.

## Notes

### Amendments

[Doc. No. 5084, 29 FR 16150. Dec. 3, 1964, as amended by Amdt. 29-17, 43 FR 50599, Oct. 30, 1978]

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g), 40113, 44701-44702, 44704.

### Source

Source: Docket No. 5084, 29 FR 16150, Dec. 3, 1964, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[Doc. No. 5084, 29 FR 16150. Dec. 3, 1964, as amended by Amdt. 29-17, 43 FR 50599, Oct. 30, 1978]