Fri, Oct 14, 2011
Safe Flight AutoPower Throttle System Nears Certification
Cessna said this week at the NBAA Convention in Las Vegas that
the Honeywell Primus Elite avionics platform has been certified for
retrofit on Citation X business jets and the upgrade is available
through the Cessna Citation Service Center network. Furthermore,
pilots from Cessna and Safe Flight Instrument Corp. have completed
automatic throttle system developmental flight testing on the
Citation X. The Safe Flight AutoPower System is scheduled to be
certified under a Federal Aviation Administration Supplemental Type
Certificate by the end of this year. It will be available for
installation at Citation Service Centers for retrofit and is also
offered on new production Citation X aircraft.
“These upgrades are the latest in a lengthy list of
enhancements to the operational and maintenance experience of our
customers,” said Dave Brant, senior vice president of
Customer Service. “Citation X owners and operators can now
improve airplanes that already excel in nearly every performance
category by adding the latest technologies developed for the global
operating environment today and in the future.”
Based on the Citation X’s current Honeywell Primus 2000
system, the five-panel Elite system features liquid crystal
displays that offer high-resolution graphics display capability for
electronic approach charts with aircraft position worldwide as well
as XM satellite weather in the United States and southern Canada.
In addition, improved moving map capability will depict
geographical and political boundaries as well as airspace and
airways. LCD technology also provides greater reliability and
longer service life than previous displays. Honeywell’s
future improvements for the Elite platform include synthetic vision
and advanced moving map options.
Safe Flight’s automatic throttle is designed to provide
smooth and precise engine target settings for airspeed control. The
system delivers significant flight performance and safety
advantages that result in increased situational awareness, reduced
crew workload and greater passenger comfort. AutoPower systems and
components from Safe Flight are installed on more than 9,000
corporate, commercial and military aircraft.
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