New Piper's Latest Introduction Brings Advanced Glass Avionics
To Every Bird in New Piper Fleet
New Piper Aircraft will
offer Avidyne's Entegra integrated flight deck on the Piper
Seminole - the company's advanced multi-engine trainer and one of
the world's top-selling twin-engine piston aircraft. The debut of
the Entegra system in the Seminole extends Piper's deployment of
advanced glass avionics throughout its entire fleet of 11 aircraft,
ranging from piston-engine singles and twins to single-engine
turboprops.
"With the debut of the Entegra system in the Piper Seminole,
Piper shows its commitment to providing our customers with the
advanced technologies that are taking aviation to new heights and
ever-improving levels of sophistication and capability," said Piper
President and CEO James K. Bass (shown below) during a news
conference held in Lakeland.
"With this latest innovation, flight academies, aviation
colleges and airline training programs will be well-equipped to
provide future pilots with a safe, reliable and affordable training
platform that will prepare their students for the flight decks of
business and commercial aircraft."
The Avidyne Entegra system, designed and manufactured by the
Avidyne Corporation of Lincoln, Mass., consists of systems more
commonly found on corporate jet aircraft.
"We commend New Piper for its vision and for its commitment to
innovation, safety and value," said Avidyne President Dan
Schwinn.
"We look forward to continued collaboration in advancing the
capabilities of the New Piper line and in helping to make its
aircraft among the most popular in all of GA."
Avidyne Entegra for the Seminole centers on two 10.4-inch
diagonal, high-resolution, sunlight-readable displays, including an
EXP5000 primary flight display (PFD) with integrated solid-state
air data and attitude/heading reference system (ADAHRS), autopilot
integration - to include mode annunciators, altitude pre-selector
and flight director - and primary engine instruments.
The EX5000 multi-function display (MFD) provides a full-featured
moving map with overlays from Avidyne's optional MultiLink™
system. Further enhancements for the EX5000 MFD include EMax Engine
Indicating System, providing digital engine monitoring and
recording capabilities, and CMax™ Electronic Approach Charts,
featuring JeppView® from Jeppesen.
Engine displays include manifold pressure, RPM, fuel flow, and
oil pressure on the PFD for each of the Seminole's engines. On the
MFD, the system also shows oil temperature, outside air temperature
(OAT), and electrical bus voltage. Additionally on the MFD, EMax
displays cylinder head temperature (CHT), all four exhaust gas
temperatures (EGT), and fuel management functions, which include
fuel remaining, nautical miles per gallon, fuel-to-waypoint and
fuel-to-destination. Power management tools include a lean assist
function for accurate power settings. EMax also provides data
logging capability of critical engine performance parameters, which
are downloadable via the MFD data port in a standard spreadsheet
format for easy analysis.
CMax provides instant display of Jeppesen JeppView electronic
charts on the EX5000. On the ground, the aircraft position is
automatically shown on the airport diagram for positional awareness
while taxiing. In flight, the CMax system shows the aircraft
position and flight plan on the selected approach plate to give the
pilot excellent situational awareness. CMax simplifies and speeds
access to needed charts, including instrument departure and
terminal arrival procedures, while maintaining an organized cockpit
environment during high workload phases of flight.
Avidyne's exclusive MultiLink technology integrates Avidyne's
two-way, route-specific Narrowcast Datalink system with XM WX
broadband satellite download of weather conditions from across the
continental United States. XM WX satellite weather includes
full-color NEXRAD, graphical and textual METARs, TAFs, AIRMETs,
SIGMETs, TFRs, winds aloft, and lightning strike data displayed on
the EX5000 multi-function display MFD. MultiLink also provides
access to Avidyne's FlightCenter suite of datalink services,
including flight tracking and two-way air-to-ground messaging.
For more than 30 years, the Seminole has been a benchmark for
reliability and value. As one of the world's premier multi-engine,
advanced trainers, the Seminole has stood the test of time, making
it an aircraft that flight schools, leading universities and major
commercial airlines rely on to train their pilots.
With its twin 180 hp engines, the Seminole is known for
delivering high performance functionality. At the same time, its
simplicity, stability and safety have made it a low-maintenance,
high-value mainstay of training programs everywhere. With the
introduction of the Avidyne Entegra system, the Seminole now
provides an extra level of safety and functionality, as well as the
advanced technology necessary to equip pilots with state-of-the-art
education and training for business, commercial and personal
aviation. In the Seminole, these capabilities complement power that
delivers more than 168 knots cruising speed, 15,000-foot service
ceiling, 770 nautical mile range and useful load of 1197 lbs.
"With this major product innovation in the Seminole," said Molly
Martin Pearce, New Piper's Director of Dealer Relations &
Sales, "we are delivering an excellent combination of value and
performance to our customers. Moreover, by deploying this
technology to our university and flight school partners, we are
providing capabilities essential in training the next generation of
professional pilots. As with our entire fleet of single-engine
trainers, the Piper Seminole now combines cutting-edge avionics
with a superbly reliable and capable aircraft. The end product is a
level of knowledge and expertise unsurpassed in educating students
in advanced cockpit technologies through all phases of
training."