Mon, Feb 14, 2011
I've had a ball watching the folks at Aspen take a couple of
good ideas and go forth to build a serious avionics company around
them... increasing their product line and market penetration with
startling speed. And best of all... they show NO sign of slowing
down as the continue to spool up to become a solid force in the
avionics world.
One of the latest additions to the Aspen line, certified last
October, is the EA100 -- a product that provides a
digital-to-analog data conversion capability between the EFD1000
and an aircraft’s attitude-based autopilot system. The
adapter enables the Evolution Flight Display’s AHRS to
provide accurate and reliable attitude information directly to the
autopilot. Aspen customers now have the option to remove aging (and
expensive) legacy attitude mechanical gyros when they install
Evolution Flight Display Systems.
In either the Evolution 2000 or Evolution 2500 Package systems,
the EA100 can be installed to receive attitude input from both the
EFD1000 Multi-function Flight Display and the EFD1000 Pro Primary
Flight Display. The redundant AHRS sensors in these multi-display
configurations provide dual AHRS inputs that can independently
monitor autopilot performance. Aspen is the only avionics
manufacturer to offer this level of autopilot integration and
reliability.
The EA100 has the added capability to immediately disengage the
autopilot if an AHRS fault is detected. This represents a safety
improvement over legacy designs where an autopilot would continue
to respond to attitude commands from the gyro, even if that
gyro’s performance had become degraded or otherwise
inoperative.
The first version of the EA100 allows for the replacement of the
popular Bendix/King KI-256 attitude indicator and will support the
KAP 100/200 series, the KFC 200 series, and other Bendix/King
autopilots that require input from that model of gyro. Future
versions of the EA100 Adapter will support additional Bendix/King,
Collins, Cessna/ARC and Sperry autopilot systems. The EA100 Adapter
is available from Aspen Avionics authorized dealers and is priced
at $2,495.00.
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