Special Conditions: Installation of Rechargeable Lithium Batteries in Gulfstream Model Airplanes
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This rule sets new safety standards for Gulfstream G-IV, GIV-X, GV, and GV-SP airplanes modified by ALOFT AeroArchitects with rechargeable lithium batteries. The rule addresses safety gaps by introducing conditions to manage risks like overheating and gas emissions, which conventional batteries don't pose. Manufacturers and airlines need to ensure compliance to maintain the aircraft's certification.
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Key Changes
- Introduction of safety standards for lithium battery installation
- Requirements for thermal management and gas emission prevention
- Obligations for compliance to maintain aircraft certification
Obligations
What this law requires
Rechargeable lithium battery installations must be designed to maintain safe cell temperatures and pressures under all foreseeable operating conditions to prevent fire and explosion.
Each rechargeable lithium battery installation must be designed to maintain safe cell temperatures and pressures under all foreseeable operating conditions to prevent fire and explosion.
Rechargeable lithium battery systems must be designed to prevent the occurrence of self-sustaining, uncontrollable increases in temperature or pressure.
Each rechargeable lithium battery installation must be designed to prevent self-sustaining, uncontrollable increases in temperature or pressure, and automatically control the charge rate of each cell.
Rechargeable lithium batteries must not emit explosive or toxic gases during normal operation or as a result of its failure that may accumulate in hazardous quantities within the airplane.