12 April 2018
BendixKing has revealed a brand new touchscreen glass cockpit display, the xVue Touch, at this year’s Sun ‘n Fun fly-in, being staged in Florida this week.
The xVue Touch is a primary flight display for experimental aircraft and carries a list price of $5499. It’s BendixKing’s first dedicated product for experimental (Permit and homebuilt) aircraft.
The xVue Touch replaces the traditional six-pack of mechanical instruments. It has a 10.1-inch display with near-4K resolution and no moving parts, such as cooling fans, to reduce weight and maintenance cost.
However, it’s packed with features including Honeywell’s SmartView Synthetic Vision System, a vertical situation display that shows flight path over terrain, and the ability to display Automatic Dependent Surveillance–Broadcast (ADS-B)weather.
“The xVue Touch reinforces our commitment to developing technology that provides pilots with the best value for their money to move up to a glass cockpit,” said Gregg Cohen, president, BendixKing.
“From optimizing button sizes to maximizing touchscreen accuracy to making any function reachable in under four touches, we’ve developed technology that is both sophisticated and easy to use for experimental aircraft owners.”
Some of the features of BendixKing’s xVue Touch glass cockpit.
Bendixking says the xVue Touch has an open and connected system, improving the growing role of connectivity in the cockpit. The flight display interfaces with competing navigation systems installed in many aircraft. It also uses Wi-Fi so that pilots can update databases, charts and system software in less than 10 minutes.
Also included in xVue Touch are free future software updates, which will include engine indicators, radio information and autopilot control.
