EBACE Show News - May 20, 2008 - (Page 22) AVIONICS EBACE 2008 Sandel LED Upgrade for 3-ATI EHSI Greener Engines? Sure, But Cockpits Will Prove to Be More Important Avionics will have a much greater environmental impact than engines over the next five to 20 years, says Rob Wilson, president of business and general aviation at Honeywell Aerospace. Even though Honeywell’s proposed 10,000-pounds-thrust HTF10000 turbofan engine for large business jets is designed to beat Stage 3 noise requirements by 30 EPNdB and meet Class 5 emissions standards, he believes the biggest advances will be made in changing the Rob Wilson. way airplanes fly. As a manufacturer of both engines and avionics, Honeywell Aerospace is in a unique position to assess the “greenness” of business aviation from a broad point of view. The biggest advances will come from new procedures such as controlled descent approaches at idle thrust, and precision RNP approaches without throttle-jockeying all over the countryside. These “will have a significantly greater green impact than engines ever could,” he told Show News. Honeywell did a study at LAX and found the descent-at-idle approach alone would reduce CO2 by 30%, NOx by 40% and noise by 4 to 15%, without any change in engine technology, Wilson notes. The avionics are already capable. And the RNP approach is here: Honeywell has received special designation from the FAA to help operators develop them. Right now it is working with its own flight department on the first, and it will soon offer its services to others, too. The next step is the FAA’s next generation air transport system. —John Morris Sandel Avionics (Booth 1343) has begun shipping an updated version of its 3-ATI SN3500 EHSI that features an LED backlighting system. It replaces Sandel’s previous backlight technology with a long-life display rated at 10,000 hours MTBF. Benefits include increased sunlight readability, resolution and color fidelity, along with enhanced unit life and dispatch reliability and a significant reduction in maintenance costs and aircraft downtime. “Seeing the dramatic improvement that LED backlighting offered in our 4-ATI systems, we made it a priority to upgrade the 3-ATI SN3500 to provide piston-engined aircraft operators with the same display enhancement, cost savings and other benefits,” said Sandel’s CEO, Gerry Block. Avidyne Envision Retrofit for King Air 90s Avidyne and Mobile, Alabama-based Southern Star Avionics are collaborating on the engineering and certification of Avidyne’s Envision integrated flight deck system for 90-series King Airs that eventually will add A through E series King Airs to the Approved Model List. Southern Star has acquired a King Air E90 to serve as platform aircraft for the program and will install an EXP5000 PFD and EX5000 MFD, interfaced with an S-TEC 65X autopilot. Avidyne can now offer single and dual PFD and dual-PFD Envision options on 90-series aircraft. Avidyne is at Booth 563. Universal MFD-640 STC’d for Falcon 50 Universal Avionics Systems (Booth 515) has announced that an FAR Part 25 STC has been issued for its MFD-640 multifunction display on Dassault Falcon 50s. Chicago Jet Group, in conjunction with Delta Engineering of New Castle, Delaware, was issued the STC, under which the MFD-640 replaces the Primus 400 weather radar indicator and provides large-format display of the existing third party FMS and Class A TAWS. Mike Mitera, Chicago Jet Group president, commented, “The Falcon 50 is now a safer aircraft because weather radar and Class A TAWS are clearly presented on the MFD-640.” Universal’s WAAS-FMS for Falcon 20 Universal Avionics Systems (Booth 515) has certified its WAAS-FMS flight management systems for the Dassault Falcon 20. The first Falcon upgrade installation of a single UNS-1Fw WAAS-FMS was recently completed by Alternative Aviation Services. Universal’s new line of WAAS-capable FMS systems is STC’d for FAR Part 23 and Part 25 aircraft and meets FAA TSO-C146b Gamma-3 and DO229D certification criteria. The WAAS-FMSes have been certified for LNAV/VNAV and LNAV on many aircraft types, including King Air, Challenger, Boeing 737 and IAI Astra. IS&S Inks Flat-Panel Display Deal With Eclipse Innovative Solutions & Support, Inc. has certified its flat-panel display systems for the Eclipse 500 VLJ as part of the certification process for the airplane’s Avio NG avionics system. A year ago IS&S inked a five-year OEM agreement with Eclipse Aviation to be the exclusive supplier of PFD and MFD flat-panel displays for the Avio NG system, which received FAA certification last December. IS&S’s CEO, Ray Wilson, noted, “We look forward to seeing our flat-panel display system provide unprecedented functionality, situational awareness and safety in the skies.” Eclipse Updates Avio NG With Garmin 400Ws Eclipse Aviation has announced the incorporation of dual integrated Garmin GPS 400W units into the Avio NG avionics system, providing state-of-the-art GPS navigation to the Eclipse 500 VLJ. The dual GPS 400W units provide functionality including: en route and terminal navigational guidance with Avio NG autopilot coupling; WAAS capability for coupled autopilot localizer performance with vertical guidance (LPV) approaches; flight path overlay integrated on Avio NG’s navigational displays; and integrated navigational source selection. 22 May 20, 2008 www.aviationweek.com/shownews http://www.aviationweek.com/shownews
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