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Aero-TV: Tru Trak Flight Systems - Innovating a Safer Aviation Future

Remarkable Leaps in Technology Are Seen In The Amateur-Built Community, Where The Freedom From Interference Allows Extraordinary Progress

While at NBAA 2015, ANN CEO and Editor-In-Chief, Jim Campbell, met with Andrew Barker, the President and CEO of TruTrak Flight Systems.

You would expect the NBAA Annual Convention to be aimed primarily at the corporate aviation market, but that’s not the case with TruTrak. For years, their specialty has been the world of experimental homebuilt airplanes and light sport aircraft.

TruTrak has introduced a new product they call ‘ECO’ that is aimed at the light sport and experimental market. It’s a panel mounted, compact 2-axis autopilot that differs from other autopilots in that it actuates servos attached to the control surfaces, rather than being attached to the control surface actuating cables.

In the video, Barker goes on to explain more about the system and how it works. ECO is more than just a two axis autopilot, it also provides automatic stabilization that adds safety. It looks like someone in the autoflight industry has finally decided that small airplanes don’t always need all the bells and whistles for a stabilization system.

As the video goes on, Jim and Barker discuss the health of the aviation business and how recent new litigation against the Vans Aircraft Company has affected recreational aviation in general. Listen in as these two people, who know what they’re talking about, chat about the future of recreational flying.

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Aero-TV: Tru Trak Flight Systems - Innovating a Safer Aviation Future

Remarkable Leaps in Technology Are Seen In The Amateur-Built Community, Where The Freedom From Interference Allows Extraordinary Progress

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