Mon, Nov 29, 2010
Avidyne Adding Features To The DFC100
Even as they anticipate FAA certification of the DFC100 late
this year, Avidyne is adding features for their new Digital Flight
Control System. The latest enhancements include Full-time Flight
Envelope Alerting, Coupled VNAV during descents and missed
approaches, fail-safe dual AHRS inputs, Flap position input,
enhanced mode selection logic, support for the optional Cirrus Roll
Servo, and integrated FMSVectors capability.
"We were first to certify Flight Envelope Protection on the
DFC90 for our Entegra customers, and now R9 owners can have the
DFC100 with Full-Time Envelope Alerting-even when the autopilot and
flight director are not engaged," said Patrick Herguth, Avidyne's
Chief Operating Officer. "In addition, the DFC100 takes advantage
of the powerful capabilities of the R9 system's FMS900w navigators
to fly coupled VNAV descents and approaches, which dramatically
reduces pilot workload,"
"We specifically designed the Entegra Release 9 system to
significantly reduce pilot workload and enhance safety, and the
DFC100 represents the final building block in this fully-integrated
system," said Dan Schwinn, Avidyne's President and CEO. "Leveraging
the power of R9 and the DFC100, Cirrus owners can now have a
truly-integrated flight deck system that reduces heads-down time,
enhances redundancy for minimal disruption during failure modes,
protects against inadvertent departure from the flight envelope,
and dramatically reduces workload through all phases of
flight."
Avidyne says the DFC100 is still on schedule for certification
by the end of 2010 for Entegra Release 9-equipped Cirrus SR20 &
SR22 aircraft.
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