Mon, Jul 08, 2013
Cassutt Special III To Compete At The September Event
Flight control avionics company UAV Navigation will sponsor a plane at the Reno National Championship Air Races and Air Show from Wednesday 9 thru 15 September 2013, the company announced Thursday. Guillermo Parodi, UAV Navigation's CEO and co-founder, will be piloting the aircraft. Plane No. 36, call sign 'N-A-RUSH', is a Cassutt Special III, a single-seat monoplane racer designed in the United States in 1951 by former-TWA captain Tom Cassutt.
UAV Navigation's EFIS will provide a complete instrumentation system for the plane, including: Primary Flight Display (PFD), Horizontal Situation Indicator (HSI) and Engine Monitor (EM). All these functions are based on a core of the AP04OEM2 Attitude and Heading Reference System (AHRS), which is the heart of the EFIS. In line with UAV Navigation's philosophy for proving its designs, the Reno Air Race is an ideal environment to test products in an extreme environment with highly dynamic flight conditions; in this case the EFIS will be relied upon to operate faultlessly up to 10G acceleration - the kind of environment where lesser systems simply can't handle the pressure.
UAV Navigation has extensive experience in other motorsport events. It supplies the telemetry system used in the RedBull Air Race and other world class motorsport events such as MotoGP. These extreme events provide a highly visible and challenging environment for the company’s equipment. Prototypes and concepts can be tested in real, demanding environments and later translated into final products for general aviation, unmanned systems and UAV Navigation's OEM markets.
"The 2013 Reno Air Races is an ideal opportunity to put the next generation EFIS (Electronic Flight Instrument System) through its paces," said Parodi. "We've been working hard to ensure seamless integration between the AP04OEM core and the additional functionality provided by the Engine Monitor and other peripheral systems. The EFIS is now the most rugged, reliable and complete PFD of its type in the world. The EFIS is an important part of our strategic vision for the manned aviation market."
(Image provided by UAV Navigation)
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