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# CS 25.395 Control system

Large Aeroplanes (CS-25) · CS-25 · EAR revision 26 Jan 2023

IR Implementing rule

## CS 25.395 Control system

(a) Longitudinal, lateral, directional and drag control systems and their supporting structures must be designed for loads corresponding to 125% of the computed hinge moments of the movable control surface in the conditions prescribed in CS 25.391.

(b) The system limit loads of paragraph (a) need not exceed the loads that can be produced by the pilot (or pilots) and by automatic or power devices operating the controls.

(c) The loads must not be less than those resulting from application of the minimum forces prescribed in CS 25.397(c).

IR · CS 25.395 — CS-25 · ED Decision 2003/2/RM · CS-25 Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 26 Jan 2023

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Consolidated from the EASA Easy Access Rules (revision 26 Jan 2023, extracted 13 Oct 2026) for convenience. Not the official publication — verify against the Official Journal of the European Union and the EASA publications before operational use.