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 Specifications

 Plotter/Moving Map Features

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Basemap: Worldwide Land; includes state/country boundaries, lakes, rivers, railroads, cities, coastlines; U.S., state, and interstate highways, and local thoroughfares

Plotting Scales: 1/10 to 3000 nm with push-button zoom control

 

 Jeppesen® Database

Coverage: Americas, International, or Worldwide

Airports: Identifier, city/state, country, facility name, lat/lon, elevation, fuel service, control, approach information

VORs: Identifier, city/state, country, facility name, lat/lon, frequency, co-located DME/TACAN, magnetic variation, weather broadcast

NDBs: Identifier, city/state, country, facility name, lat/lon, frequency, weather broadcast

Intersections: Identifier, country, lat/lon, nearest VOR

Frequencies: Approach, arrival, control area, departure, Class B, Class C, TMA, TRSA (with sector, altitude, and text usage), ASOS, ATIS, AWOS, center, clearance delivery, tower, ground, unicom, pre-taxi, localizer, and ILS

Runways: Designation, length, width, surface, lighting, pilot-controlled lighting frequency

FSS: Identifier, reference VOR, frequency, usage

ARTCC: Identifier, frequency, usage

MSA: Minimum safe altitude along and in proximity to active flight plan

Approaches: Non-precision and precision approaches throughout the database coverage

DPs/STARs: Contains all pilot/nav DPs/STARs

Airspaces: Class B & C with sectors, International CTA & TMA with sectors, all SUAs, including MOAs, prohibited and restricted areas with controlling agency and airport

 

 Safety Features

Emergency Search: 9 nearest airports, VORs, NDBs, intersections, or user waypoints; 5 nearest FSS and ARTCC frequencies

Alarms: Arrival timers; airspace alarms at 10 minutes, 2nm and inside airspace

 

 User Customization

Waypoints: 1,000 User Defined

Flight Plans: 20 reversible routes of up to 31 waypoints each

 

 Certification

GPS: TSO C129a, Class A1 (en route, terminal, and approach); Oceanic Approval, and Fault Detection and Exclusion (FDE)

 

 GPS Performance

Receiver: PhaseTrac12™, twelve parallel channel receiver, simultaneously tracks and uses up to 12 satellites

Acquisition Time: 12 seconds (warm), 45 seconds (cold)

Update Rate: Once per second, continuous

Accuracy:
  • Position: 15 meters (49 feet) RMS
  • Velocity: 0.1 knot RMS steady state

Dynamics:

  • Velocity (max): 999 knots
  • Acceleration (max): 6g's

Nav Features: Pilot-defined course selection and waypoint hold, closest point of flight plan, departure and arrival frequencies, approach navigation using published approach procedures stored on NavData card, terminal navigation using DPs/STARs from NavData card

Planning Features: True airspeed, density altitude, winds aloft, RAIM availability, sunrise/sunset times, trip and fuel planning, vertical navigation (VNAV)

Interfaces: ARINC 429, aviation RS-232, CDI/HSI, RMI (digital: clock/data); superflag out, altitude (serial: Icarus, Shadin-Rosetta, encoded Gillham/Greycode), fuel sensor, fuel/air data, BFG WX 500 StormScope™, BFG SKY 497 SkyWatch™ and Ryan 9900B TCAD

Map Datums: 124

 

 Physical

Unit Size: Width = 6.25"; Height = 4.60"; Depth = 11.00" behind panel, with connectors

Unit Weight: 6.80 pounds installed

Display: Color LCD

Power: 11-33 VDC

Data Storage: Separate internal battery protects stored data for up to five years

 

 Environmental

Temperature: -20°C to +55°C (operating range); -20°C to +70°C (short-term operation)

Humidity: 95% non-condensing

Altitude Range: -1,500 ft to 50,000 ft

 

Specifications are subject to change without notice.

* Subject to accuracy degradation to 100m 2DRMS under the United States Department of Defense-imposed Selective Availability Program.

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