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Canadian
Regulations
Please Note: For hovercraft of less than 1000 kg (2204.6
lbs)
payload capacity, these standards may not all apply.
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affect the meaning of this
content, this document also has additional expressions to reflect
accuracy and
applicability to hovercraft.
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STANDARDS RELATING TO DESIGN,
CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATIONAL SAFETY
OF DYNAMICALLY SUPPORTED CRAFT IN CANADA
VOLUME 1. - DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION,
TESTING AND DOCUMENTATION
OF AIR CUSHION VEHICLES (hovercraft)
Ottawa
December 1985
VOLUME 1. - DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION,
TESTING AND DOCUMENTATION
OF AIR CUSHION VEHICLES (hovercraft)
Ottawa
December 1985
Explanatory Note
This is the first in
a series of volumes of Standards relating to the safety
of Dynamically Supported Craft in Canada.
It covers the
requirements with which compliance is necessary in order
to
design, construct and develop Air Cushion Vehicles (hovercraft)
such that a level of
safety
at least equivalent to that of other forms of transport, commensurate
with the
Canadian environment, is achieved.
Subsequent volumes
will cover
operational
safety in service; crew qualifications and certification; maintenance
personnel
qualifications and certification, and in-service technical procedures,
for Air
Cushion Vehicles (hovercraft), Hydrofoils and other forms of
Dynamically Supported
Craft.
The Standards
conform to the Code of Safety for Dynamically Supported Craft,
adopted by the International Maritime Organization. They are
substantially
similar and equivalent to the requirements for safety certification of
A.C.V's (hovercraft)
developed by authorities in other countries.
However, compliance
with
these
Standards does not necessarily imply that vehicles would be approved in
other
countries; neither should it be assumed that an A.C.V. (hovercraft)
manufactured
and approved by another nation would be approved for operation in Canada
without detailed investigation for compliance.
This volume has been
developed in a progressive format, with Divisions
devoted separately to Design, Operational Equipment, Construction,
Tests,
Technical Information, and Certification Documentation.
Within each
Division,
Chapters are devoted to topics and sub-topics, with paragraph numbering
related
to each topic and sub-topic. This results in deliberate breaks in
paragraph
numbering, to provide space for any subsequent additions.
Additionally,
some
Chapters are provided with Appendices containing guidance information
of a
non-mandatory nature; for ease of identification, there Appendices are
printed
on yellow paper.
REVISION 1
Comments on the
original proposed Standard which were received during 1984,
and further review, have resulted in a number of changes, primarily of
a
clarification nature, which have now been incorporated to provide
REVISION 1.
The high-lights of this revision are outlined below; for ease of
identification,
all changes have been under - or side - lined.
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