Mon, Nov 22, 2010
Game-Changing Auto-Pilot System Finishes Cert Tests
ANN has been monitoring the progress toward the certification of
what may, ultimately, become the most capable autopilot system in
all of General Aviation... for now.
Well... as of November 19th, the Avidyne DFC100 TIA testing is
complete and eventual certification is now in the hands of the FAA.
According to Avidyne statements, the flights completed Friday were
the final set of flight tests the FAA had to conduct prior to
certification. All of the features and performance in the system
were accepted without change and there is no more FAA evaluation of
the system required.
Avidyne has promised to release details about rumored extra
features to be included in DFC100 Release 1, very soon (possibly as
early as later today). Avidyne states that, "We have been silent on
the new features above/beyond R9 integration and VNAV until we were
certain they would be approved by the FAA. Now that we are through
TIA testing, all that is left before certification is issued is for
the FAA to pour through the final TSO paperwork submitted by
Avidyne. Technically, the FAA has 30 days to provide comments or
findings against that paperwork. Typically, that takes a lot less
time but we can not make any promises at this time. The good news
is that it is strictly a paperwork exercise from here on out and
there is no technical or certification risk. The bad news is that
we can't tell if this is a 5 day exercise or 30 day exercise."
Avidyne R9 'SynVis' Obstacle
Depiction
In the meantime, Avidyne's SR22 testbed has already been given
over to its next test program... the certification of Entegra
Release 9's long-awaited Synthetic Vision functionality --
'SynVis.'
Avidyne R9 'SynVis' In Flight
Test
Avidyne notes that "We've also got the FAA coming to our
Massachusetts office on 30 Nov for a full review of our SynVis
system. There are reps from the Small Aircraft Directorate, our
local ACO, Human Factors experts and pilot reps from the FAA in
that group."
Avidyne R9 'SynVis' Traffic
Depiction
SynVis is part of the Avidyne Entegra Release 9.3 Upgrade
expected in the First Quarter of 2011.
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