---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 31.57"
title: "14"
number: "31.57"
heading: "Rip cords."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/31.57"
---

# §31.57. Rip cords.

- (a) If a rip cord is used for emergency deflation, it must be designed and installed to preclude entanglement.
- (b) The force required to operate the rip cord may not be less than 25, or more than 75, pounds.
- (c) The end of the rip cord to be operated by the pilot must be colored red.
- (d) The rip cord must be long enough to allow an increase of at least 10 percent in the vertical dimension of the envelope.

## Notes

### Authority

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

### Source

Source: Docket No. 1437, 29 FR 8258, July 1, 1964, as amended by Amdt. 31-1, 29 FR 14563, Oct. 24, 1964, unless otherwise noted.