Wed, Apr 09, 2008
Quartz Mountain's 11E First OEM Application
The news from Garmin just keeps on coming. On Tuesday, the
avionics maker announced its G950 avionics suite, an all-glass
avionics suite that is designed for aircraft manufacturers who want
a standardized avionics configuration and will complete
certification of their airframe’s avionics panel on their
own. Quartz Mountain Aerospace is the first manufacturer to select
the G950 for its 11E aircraft, a four-seat, single-engine airplane
that is newly in production.
"The G950 is a step between the G900X and G1000," said Gary
Kelley, Garmin’s vice president of marketing. "The G900X is
designed for non-certified kitbuilt planes and the G1000 is
tailored to the specific aircraft that it will be installed on and
generally includes the GFC 700 autopilot. The G950 fits a new niche
-- one which we’ve received many requests for -- allowing
OEMs with certified airframes to have the benefits of a proven,
Garmin all-glass cockpit. Since the G950 isn’t customizable
and doesn’t include the GFC 700 autopilot, OEMs will also
have the benefit of a streamlined certification process."
The G950 integrates all primary flight, navigation,
communication, terrain, traffic, surveillance, weather, and engine
sensor data on Garmin’s high-definition LCDs. Manufacturers
can select between a two or three display G950 system, and the TFT
displays boast XGA (1,024x768-pixel) resolution with wide viewing
angles. The G950 does not include Garmin’s GFC 700
autopilot.
Given its lineage from Garmin's G900 and certified G1000 lines,
the 950 should prove to be an equally reliable system,
with features found on Garmin’s other popular
avionics suites:
-
The primary flight display (PFD)
replaces many of the traditional cockpit instruments and presents
this information in an integrated fashion on a large-format
display, and the multifunction display (MFD) puts all
aircraft-systems monitoring and flight-planning functions at the
pilot’s fingertips
- Designed with reversionary capabilities, allowing all
flight-critical data to transfer seamlessly to a single display for
added safety during flight
- Solid-state Attitude and Heading Reference System (AHRS), which
can align while in motion, including in-flight dynamic
restarts
- Digital Air Data Computer
- Engine-monitoring display
- Mode S transponder with Traffic Information Service (TIS)
- Dual integrated radio modules that supports VHF communications,
VHF navigation with ILS and Class Gamma 3 WAAS that provides the
capability to execute LPV approaches
- Digital audio control system
- Garmin SafeTaxi® airport diagrams that help pilots navigate
unfamiliar airports
- Garmin FliteCharts® for Terminal Procedures (with optional
ChartView powered by Jeppesen)
The Garmin G950 will be on display at Quartz Mountain
Aerospace’s Sun ‘n Fun trade show booth in Lakeland, FL
April 8-13, 2008.
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