Mon, Feb 28, 2011
The Garmin G1000 Retrofit for the King Air is adding a whole new
world of utility and capability to an elder series of airplanes
that are still regarded as some of the most versatile turbo-props
in the business. Taking these elder airplanes and giving them the
G1000 treatment will not only extend their useful lives but make
them far safer and more capable aircraft than their original
designers could have conceived of.
Elliott Aviation has been a leader in G1000 retrofits for the
highly regarded king Air dynasty... and they are already performing
these upgrades for the C90, B200/200 series with the 300/350 series
coming in short order. The G1000 system features a 15-inch "big
picture" Multi-Function Display (MFD), with a 10-inch Primary
Flight Display (PFD) on each side.
These monitors offer high-resolution XGA (1024 x768 pixel) color
screens with wide viewing angles, advanced back-lighting, and
crystal-sharp readability, even in bright sunlight.
The center MFD is used for engine and fuel systems monitoring,
and also provides a detailed moving-map displaying the aircraft's
position in relation to ground features, chart data, navaids,
flight plan routings, and more. The map display is designed to
allow pilots to add or delete overlays such as graphical weather,
lightning, traffic, terrain and other avoidance system advisories
in order to customize the map view at any given phase of the
flight.
The pilot and co-pilot PFDs incorporate aircraft attitude,
airspeed, climb rate, altimeter and horizontal course/heading
information - as well as Flight Director command bar cues and mode
information when combined with Garmin's GFC 700 automatic flight
control system.
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