Sun, Dec 21, 2008
Retrofit Mod Priced At $17,500 Plus Installation
Cirrus Design made waves at AOPA
Expo 2008 with the announcement of its
Perspective EVS enhanced-vision system on new
Cirrus SR22 G3 aircraft equipped with the Garmin G1000-based
Perspective avionics suite. Now, similar technology is available
for SR20s and SR22s already in the field.
Patrick Farrell, CEO of Forward Vision, joined with One Sky
Aviation president Cary Foster this week to announce the STC
(#SA02329AK) award for installation of the EVS-100 infrared sensor
on the Cirrus SR20 and SR22 aircraft.
"With this STC, we will cooperatively be able to provide an
affordable (and STC certified) EVS system to the general aviation
community that will bring an enhanced level of situational
awareness and ultimately flight safety to the cockpit of Cirrus
aftermarket aircraft," Farrell stated.
The companies had hoped to announce the STC much sooner than
now, but weather delays preempted flight testing. Those tests were
recently completed by the Anchorage ACO.
The Forward Vision EVS-100, powered by Max-Viz, is a low cost,
non-cryogenically cooled Enhanced Vision System (EVS) for the OEM
and retrofit markets. The sensor offers Long-Wave Infrared ( LWIR)
sensing, is sunlight safe and has excellent resolution in a grey
scale presentation format. The lightweightm self-contained and
ready to mount system is effectively operated both day and night
and is designed to be upgradeable.
The Cirrus STC program is the first in a series of general
aviation airframes that is under development for FAA approval.
The price of the entire kit is $17,500 MSRP, including the
sensor.
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