Steve Blonstein, CFI West Valley Flying Club

1. Steve Blonstein, CFIWest Valley Flying Club The All-Glass Cockpit

2. Agenda • Current Systems • Thought Provoking Questions • Terminology • Systems Overview • Primary Flight Display • Multifunction Display • GNS430 • STEC55x Autopilot • Discussion The All-Glass Cockpit

3. CURRENT SYSTEMS Diamond DA40 – Garmin G1000 The All-Glass Cockpit

4. CURRENT SYSTEMS Diamond DA40 – Avidyne The All-Glass Cockpit

5. CURRENT SYSTEMS Eclipse Personal Jet – Avio The All-Glass Cockpit

6. CURRENT SYSTEMS Chelton Flight Systems - HITS The All-Glass Cockpit

7. CURRENT SYSTEMS Cirrus SRV/SR20/SR22 - Avidyne The All-Glass Cockpit

8. 5 Thought Provoking Questions • Is an all-glass panel safer than a conventional panel ? • As a community, are we prepared for such rapid innovation ? • How much training is required to be competent and safe ? • What happens in the event the panels go dark? • How should one manage database currency ? We’ll come back to discuss these important questions later on The All-Glass Cockpit

9. Terminology • TAA – Technically Advanced Aircraft (e.g. All Glass Cockpit, GPS, A/P) • PFD – Primary Flight Display (1 display with AS, Altimeter, VSI, HSI, TC) • MFD – Multi-Function Display (1 display with maps, engine, wx, traffic) • HITS – Highway In The Sky (like Chelton Flight Systems) • FITS – FAA Industry Training Standards (e.g. TAA with PFD/MFD/HITS) • ADAHRS or ADAHARS – Air Data Altitude Heading and Reference System • GPS – Global Positioning System • GPSS – GPS Steering The All-Glass Cockpit

10. System Structure ADAHRS Air Data MFD Heading Attitude GPS 1 PFD Crossfill GPS 2 GPSS relay S-TEC 55X T/C The All-Glass Cockpit

11. Electrical Components • Alternator 1 • 75 amp, 28 volts • Belt driven • Internally rectified • Alternator 2 • 20 amp, 28.75 volts • Gear driven • Internally rectified The All-Glass Cockpit

12. Electrical Components • Battery 1 • 24 volt, 10 amp-hour • Lead Acid • Battery 2 • 2, 12 volt, 7 amp-hour connected in series • Lead Acid • Sealed in an acid resistant container • Located at FS 222 below parachute canister The All-Glass Cockpit

13. Avidyne PFD • The Avidyne PFD incorporates the functionality of: • Airspeed Indicator • Attitude Indicator • Altimeter • VSI • HSI (HI & VOR/LOC) The All-Glass Cockpit

14. Avidyne – PFD(2) • The display is integrated with an Air Data / Attitude Heading Reference System (ADAHRS) • Three axis solid state gyro system • Provides: • Pitch • Roll • Heading The All-Glass Cockpit

15. Avidyne – PFD(3) • Turn Coordinator • Scale show extending from either side of digital heading representation • Graduations for half and full standard rate turn • Blue bar extends into scale as turn is entered The All-Glass Cockpit

16. Avidyne – PFD(4) • Inclinometer • Represented as black trapezoid below angle of bank indicator The All-Glass Cockpit

17. PFD - Initialization • Requires approximately 3 minutes to align • Countdown begins when unit is 40 seconds from completing the initialization process • Air data will become valid prior to attitude information • Red X’s indicate invalid data • Brightness Default: 75% The All-Glass Cockpit

18. PFD - Initialization • Default configuration: • HDG Bug: 360° • Altitude Bug: Nearest hundred feet • VSI Bug: 0 • Baro Set: 29.92 in. Hg • Nav: GPS 1 • Bearing: Off • Aux: Off • View: 360° The All-Glass Cockpit

19. PFD – Failures (1) • Air Data Failure • Refer to standby instrumentation The All-Glass Cockpit

20. PFD – Failures (2) • Recoverable Attitude Data Failure • Occurs when: • Attitude change exceeds 90° per second • Small power fluctuation • Gyros are reset by pressing “Fast Erect” line select key The All-Glass Cockpit

21. PFD - Failures (3) • Non-recoverable Failure • Cannot be corrected in flight • Must refer to standby instruments The All-Glass Cockpit

22. PFD – Failures (4) • Lamp or LCD failure • Keys are lit no display • Take system off line by use of CB, this will ensure that you have predictable autopilot operations. The All-Glass Cockpit

23. PFD - Limitations • Avidyne PFD Pilot Guide must be immediately available in flight • PFD must be aligned with no flags for takeoff • All standby instruments must be working for takeoff • PFD may be inoperative for VFR operations The All-Glass Cockpit

24. Avidyne MFD • The Avidyne MFD supports: • Map/Terrain/Nearest • Engine Management • Fuel Management • Lean Assist • Traffic • Stormscope The All-Glass Cockpit

25. MFD - Nearest Page • Separate Avidyne database to support this The All-Glass Cockpit

26. MFD – Engine Management • All important engine, fuel, and electrical information on a single page • Use in run-up • Use on takeoff The All-Glass Cockpit

27. MFD – Lean Assist • Do not lean in climb • Lean at altitude using the lean assist function • After reaching Best Power try using “Normalize” The All-Glass Cockpit

28. MFD - Limitations • The moving map display must not be used as the primary navigation instrument. • Use of map page during IFR flight requires an IFR approved GPS receiver installation operated in accordance with applicable limitations. • Under no circumstances should the Map page terrain representations be used as a basis for terrain avoidance. • The electronic checklists are supplements to the POH checklists and is advisory only. These must not be used as the primary set of onboard airplane checklists. • The Avidyne FlightMax EX-Series Pilot’s Guide must be available to the pilot during flight operations. The All-Glass Cockpit

29. GPS – GNS430 • Acts as a communications and navigation management system • Integrates radio transceiver, navigation receiver, and GPS navigation capability into a single unit • WAAS upgrade ? The All-Glass Cockpit

30. GNS430 - Chapter & Page Selection The All-Glass Cockpit

31. Autopilot – STEC 55x • Rate autopilot • Two axis control system • Roll axis controlled by aileron trim motor and spring cartridge • Pitch axis controlled by pitch trim motor • Powered by Essential Bus The All-Glass Cockpit

32. STEC 55x - System The All-Glass Cockpit

33. Approach Procedures • ILS Approach • Ensure a reliable Localizer signal exists • Select the desired course using the CDI • Select APR mode on the autopilot mode controller • Verify illumination of NAV and APR annunciators • Glide-slope Coupling • APR and ALT modes must be selected • Aircraft must be within ½ scale deflection of localizer • Aircraft must be 60% or more below the glide-slope * • Condition must exist for 10 seconds for GS mode to arm • Arm indicated by illumination of ALT and GS annunciators • ALT annunciator extinguishes at glide-slope intercept • GS mode may be manually engaged by pressing ALT once when in ALT mode and a glideslope signal exists * On or below glide-slope in later revisions of software. The All-Glass Cockpit

34. Thought Provoking Questions • Is an all-glass panel safer than a conventional panel ? • As a community, are we prepared for such rapid innovation ? • How much training is required to be competent and safe ? • What happens in the event the panels go dark? • How should one manage database currency ? The All-Glass Cockpit