Digital Flight Control System With Envelope Protection For High-Performance Turboprops And Jet Aircraft

Genesys Aerosystems has submitted Technical Standard Order (TSO) documentation to the FAA for its new S-TEC 5000 Digital Flight Control System (DFCS).

“We are extremely excited and proud to announce that our diligent pursuit of our new-generation S-TEC 5000 Digital Flight Control System developed to meet the demanding needs of FAA Part 25 high-performance turboprop and turbojet aircraft is available to the market,” said Jamie Luster, Genesys Aerosystems Director of Sales and Marketing. “The S-TEC 5000 not only represents the latest advancement in our long line of analog and digital autopilots, but it also ushers in a new generation of digital flight control systems that will feature the most advanced capability- and safety-enhancing software and hardware available.

“For example, the S-TEC 5000 DFCS will be the first aftermarket autopilot available for Part 25 aircraft to feature digital Envelope Protection and Straight and Level Recovery capabilities,” she said. “We’ve talked to a lot of pilots and it’s clear that these types of features are regarded as ‘must haves’ for this category of aircraft – especially in higher-workload, single-pilot applications.”

In addition to Envelope Protection and Straight and Level Recovery, the new-generation S-TEC 5000 three-axis, Digital Flight Control System features:

• Level “A” DO178B Software
• DO160G Hardware and TSO-C198
• Full Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum (RVSM) compatibility
• Built-in autopilot, flight director and yaw damper controls
• Yaw control includes coordinated turns
• Flight Director capability can drive pitch and roll flight director bars together with mode annunciations on compatible displays
• Lateral and vertical navigation functions including GPSL, GPSV, GPSS, VOR, LOC, GS
• Vertical navigation targets set on the bezel or compatible EFIS
• Heading Hold
• Altitude Preselect and Hold with Autotrim
• Vertical Speed Control
• Indicated Airspeed Control
• Under Speed and Over Speed Warnings
• Roll Envelope Exceedance Warning
• All Axis Trim Control
• Course Intercept capability
• Dual Mode – HDG/NAV and HDG/APR
• Control Wheel Steering
• GPS Steering (GPSS) Mode
• Voice Annunciations
• System can be integrated with approved legacy analog and digital avionics systems
• And more such as go around mode, take off go around, and half bank turn

(Source: Genesys Aerosystems media release)

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