Garmin reveals Oshkosh product updates

Garmin is planning to launch a wide array of new products and updates at this year’s EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, which opens on 23 July.

The company has released details to FLYER early and they include:

• Garmin D2 Delta pilot watch series
• Garmin GWX 75 aviation Doppler weather radar
• GTN 650/750 touchscreen navigators now have descent VNAV to aid in descent planning and energy management. Plus, when paired with a GFC 600/GFC 500 autopilot, pilots can fly fully-coupled VNAV descents
• G5 electronic flight instrument is approved as a standby with the G500 TXi or G500 glass displays
• Pilots can pair a GFC 500 autopilot with the G500 TXi or G500 displays
• Garmin Pilot on Apple mobile devices can receive and display real-time engine data via Flight Stream 510 when the app is paired with an EIS-capable TXi flight display or G1000 NXi
• Several new TXi display orientations, configurations and capabilities
• New additions to the GTN software include free terrain alerting, a QWERTY key board and more.

Garmin D2 Delta pilot watch
There are three different size pilot watches, the D2 Delta PX, D2 Delta S and D2 Delta. all GPS-enabled smartwatches. The D2 Delta PX is all-new and incorporates built-in wrist-based Pulse Oximeter1 for oxygen saturation awareness. All the D2 Delta watches come with wireless connectivity with select Garmin avionics, Garmin Pay contactless payment, storage for music playlists and more.

Garmin Pilot app
Among the updates, wireless real-time display and play-back of engine data is available within Garmin Pilot via Flight Stream 510 when the app is paired with an EIS-capable TXi flight display or the G1000® NXi integrated flight deck.

A new document viewer provides easy access to the Garmin aviation library, as well as access to popular cloud storage providers, and the addition of weather improvements.

New for Android, weight and balance calculations and several more features aid in flight planning.

Avionics updates
The latest updates add significant capability, more configuration options and offer greater integration throughout the GTN 650/750 touchscreen navigators, the G500 TXi/G600 TXi and G500/G600 flight displays, as well as the GFC 600 & GFC 500 autopilots.

Additionally, the G5 electronic flight instrument for certificated aircraft is being approved for use as a standby instrument when paired with the G500 TXi or G500 flight displays.

The GFC 500 autopilot will also be approved for installation with the G500 TXi or G500 flight displays, while the addition of descent vertical navigation (VNAV) within the GTN will aid in descent planning.

The GTN 650/750 touchscreen navigators also incorporate a variety of additional features, including:

The addition of new audible and visual terrain proximity alerts, including, “terrain ahead, pull up”, “obstacle ahead, pull up” and “wire ahead.” An aural “five-hundred” annunciation is also available when the aircraft is on approach to land.

Pilots can now set a user-defined waypoint as an airport so terrain alerts are minimised while landing at an airport not in the aviation database.

The addition of a QWERTY keyboard within the GTN 650/750 and the G500 TXi/G600 TXi gives pilots a more familiar way to input information.

Pilots can configure COMM sidetone settings within the GTN series.
Irish, Swiss and English coordinate systems are now supported so it’s easier for pilots to enter GPS coordinates in various formats, including latitude/longitude, degrees/minutes/seconds and decimal degrees.

Retrofit autopilots for general aviation aircraft
There are more aircraft approvals for the GFC 600 and GFC 500 autopilots: Bonanza/Debonair (C33, E33, F33, G33), Cessna 210 and Grumman AA-5 series will soon be approved for the GFC 500 autopilot, while the Beechcraft Baron (58P, 58TC) and Cessna 208B will add to the list of the GFC 600.

Doppler weather radar
The GWX 75 is a new addition to its suite of weather radars. Intended for a wide range of aircraft, the Doppler-based, solid-state GWX 75 incorporates exceptional range and a new, colour palette that features more colour contouring than traditional weather radar.

A helicopter version of the weather radar, the GWX 75H is also available. Optional features such as turbulence detection and ground clutter suppression are also available with the GWX 75.

Garmin’s Carl Wolf, said, “With improved features, a lower cost of ownership and easy upgrade path, the GWX 75 is a simple and straightforward weather radar solution that increases situational awareness to aid in navigation around severe weather.”

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