Thu, Jun 30, 2011
Wire And Terrain Safety System Approved For Bell 412EP
The FAA has granted an STC to Sandel Avionics for its ST3400H
HeliTAWS wire and terrain safety system on a Bell 412EP helicopter.
This announcement supplements an agreement Sandel has with the FAA
designating Part 27 and Part 29 helicopters operating under Part 91
or Part 135 rules as candidates for Field Approval installation of
the ST3400H HeliTAWS unit, providing for simplified installation
under the guidelines in FSAW 02-03A. The new STC SR02355LA is
available on the Sandel Web site at no charge with the purchase of
qualifying HeliTAWS equipment.
Sandel’s HeliTAWS is a 3-ATI wire and terrain safety
system that incorporates the revolutionary WireWatch wire-strike
avoidance feature, a Sandel invention that protects helicopters
from the nearly invisible threat of known wires, guy lines and
transmission lines. HeliTAWS also includes Sandel’s
proprietary TrueAlert technology, which eliminates nuisance alerts,
a problem that other HTAWS products have not been able to overcome.
With TrueAlert, pilots can safely take off, cruise, hover and land
at off-airport locations without triggering nuisance alerts, while
still receiving the established benefits of Class-A terrain and
obstacle warnings during the entire flight. The system is
completely automatic and does not require pilot management of the
phase of flight.
Other benefits of HeliTAWS include its off-airport landing
capability; high-resolution 3-D terrain display; Class A HTAWS
functionality; and available NVIS compatibility. Designed for all
helicopter operations, HeliTAWS is ideally suited for such
demanding missions as HEMS, oil rig operations, tactical military
support, airborne law enforcement, fire fighting and search &
rescue.
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