12 March 2013
Garmin has announced that Enstrom Helicopter Corporation has selected the G1000H all-glass, integrated flight deck for its 480B helicopter model. The new 480B flight deck was introduced on 11 March at the HAI Heli-Expo in Las Vegas, Nev.
“The Enstrom 480B is used for a variety of missions including law enforcement, news gathering, private ownership, as well as serving as an excellent training platform,” said Carl Wolf, Garmin’s vice president of aviation sales and marketing. “Now helicopter students will also have the opportunity to learn to fly behind an all-glass flight deck.”
According to Garmin, the G1000H integrates all primary flight information, navigation data, communications, terrain awareness, traffic, weather, and engine parameters on two 10.4-inch, high-resolution displays.
The G1000H’s Attitude and Heading Reference System (AHRS) provides accurate, digital output and referencing of the helicopter’s position, rate, vector and acceleration data.
Bill Taylor, Enstrom’s director of engineering, explained, “The nature of the display reduces the pilot’s scan to a smaller area, resulting in less time looking inside the cockpit. Added options, such as traffic and weather increase the utility and provide an added safety margin.”
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