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title: "AMC E 30 Assumptions — CS-E · Avioverse"
description: "The details required by CS-E 30 concerning assumptions should normally include information on, at least, the items listed in Table 1."
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# AMC E 30 Assumptions

Engines (CS-E) · CS-E · EAR revision 7 Dec 2023

AMC Acceptable means of compliance

## AMC E 30 Assumptions

The details required by CS-E 30 concerning assumptions should normally include information on, at least, the items listed in Table 1.

TABLE 1

| Specifications/References                         | Assumptions                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| ------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| ALL ENGINES                                       |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| Interfaces CS-E 20                                | Applicable aircraft specifications. Flight and ground loads. Aircraft components and equipment not included in the Engine definition. Attitudes. Negative g duration. Physical and functional interfaces with the aircraft Mount flexibility.                          |
| Engine Control System CS-E 50                     | Type of aircraft installation. Conditions on the interfaces with the aircraft or the Propeller Environmental Conditions.                                                                                                                                               |
| Instrumentation CS-E 60                           | Instrumentation required and statement of accuracy. For engines with 30-Second / 2-Minute OEI ratings, conditions imposed on the usage recording system.                                                                                                               |
| Strength CS-E 100 CS-E 520, CS-E 640              | Ultimate and limit loads; – out-of-balance loads, – operating envelope.                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| Fire precautions CS-E 130                         | Reliance placed on the installation of fire-zone partitioning for any part of the mounting structure or Engine attachment points that are not Fireproof.                                                                                                               |
| Electrical Bonding CS-E 135                       | Reliance placed on aircraft provisions for electrical bonding of the Engine.                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| Propeller Functioning Tests CS-E 180              | Propeller system. Levels of the Propeller vibrations.                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| Failure Analysis CS-E 210, CS-E 510               | Installation aspects and the assumptions made with respect to any safety system that is required for the Engine and which is outside the applicant’s control.                                                                                                          |
| Low Temperature Starting Tests, CS-E 380, E 770   | Minimum and maximum starting torque.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| TURBINE ENGINES                                   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| Freedom from surge CS-E 500                       | Operating envelope, i.e. altitude, temperature, aircraft speed. Permissible intake distortion.                                                                                                                                                                         |
| Low-cycle fatigue CS-E 515                        | Engine Flight Cycle.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| Continued Rotation CS-E 525                       | Aircraft conditions such as airspeed, flight duration and ambient conditions.                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| Fuel System CS-E 560                              | Fuel Specifications approved for use. Need for aircraft fuel anti-ice means or fuel with anti-ice additives. Assumptions made with respect to the maximum levels of contamination in the fuel supplied to the Engine.                                                  |
| Oil system CS-E 570                               | Oil(s) approved for use. Engine maximum allowable oil consumption, to enable the installer to show compliance with the aircraft certification specifications on oil systems. Note: when separate oil systems exist, the respective maximum allowable oil consumptions. |
| Starter System CS-E 590                           | Reliance placed on aircraft provisions for any safety system that is outside the applicant’s control.                                                                                                                                                                  |
| Vibration Surveys CS-E 650                        | Intake conditions, exhaust conditions. Propeller or thrust reverser effects.                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| Contaminated Fuel CS-E 670                        | Duration of flight with contaminated fuel following indication of impending filter blockage, and critical temperature for test of AMC E 670 paragraph 2.                                                                                                               |
| Inclination and Gyroscopic Loads Effects CS-E 680 | Flight manoeuvres.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| Excess Operating Conditions CS-E 700              | Operating envelope.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| Rotor Locking Test CS-E 710                       | Maximum torque from continued flight.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| Thrust or power response CS-E 745                 | Minimum ground idle. Minimum flight idle. Flight envelope.                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| Icing Conditions CS-E 780                         | Intake conditions and configuration. Aircraft speeds and appropriate Engine powers. Engine ingestion capabilities.                                                                                                                                                     |
| Ingestion of Rain and Hail CS-E 790               | Aircraft speeds, Engine speeds and altitudes. Intake throat area – Intake configuration.                                                                                                                                                                               |
| Bird strikes CS-E 800                             | Aircraft speeds, Engine speeds and altitudes. Intake throat area – Intake configuration.                                                                                                                                                                               |
| Relighting in Flight CS-E 910                     | Flight relighting envelope.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| PISTON ENGINES                                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| De-icing and anti-icing CS-E 230                  | Temperature rise provided.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| Filters CS-E 260                                  | Provision to be made in installation.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| Vibration Tests CS-E 340                          | Propeller used.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| Water Spray Tests CS-E 430                        | Installation details.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |

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AMC — CS-E · ED Decision 2018/014/R · CS-E Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 7 Dec 2023

[All rules in SUBPART A – GENERAL](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/cs-e/subpart-a)

Consolidated from the EASA Easy Access Rules (revision 7 Dec 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.
