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CUSTOM INTEGRATED IFR EFIS PACKAGE

The Flight Op EFIS is the most advanced EFIS available for experimental rotorcraft instrument panels. It features advanced functionality such as WAAS/GPS, synthetic vision with integrated terrain warning and traffic and highway-in-the sky in the attitude indicator, a full color moving map, flight planning and engine instrumentation and monitoring all displayed on large, sunlight-readable 10.4” (diagonal) screens with 1024x768 resolution. The display is available in either a portrait or landscape orientation to accommodate a variety of instrument panels.   Pilot workload is significantly decreased with the elimination of the radio stack and the collection of separate gauges and the large, sunlight readable, easily interpreted displays make your flying experiences more relaxing and enjoyable. Whether you are a high-time IFR pilot or a weekend VFR flier, you will find the Op Integrated system easy to learn and easy to use.   The Op Integrated system was designed for ease of installation. Cables are provided with the system to eliminate many hours of wiring and a potential source of installation error. The remote mounted radios, AHRS, ADC and WAAS/GPS do not require additional cooling and can be mounted in locations that fit the needs of the individual rotorcraft. And unlike the cockpits of today, which are a collection of components from many sources, Op Integrated gives you one point of contact for support – Op Technologies.   Op Technologies is a trusted supplier of avionics engineering services to the largest aerospace companies in the world. Our engineering team specializes in aircraft systems integration with years of experience in the commercial, military and general aviation markets. We have applied the demanding standards of the aerospace marketplace and the needs of the experimental builder and pilot to develop a system to make your flying experience easier, safer and more enjoyable at a price you can afford. OP Integrated EFIS  

How to Enter a Flight Plan (Save the zip file to your hard drive, the instructions will unzip the file to view)

How EFIS works (Save the zip file to your hard drive, the instructions will unzip the file to view)

The OP Integrated Flight Deck consists of the following instrumentation:

10.4” Display

System Weight 10.2 lbs

Display Height 11.14 inches

Display Width 8.94 inches

Display Depth 5.69 inches

System Power 70 watts

Electrical 10 – 28 VDC

Operating Temperature -20 C to +70 C (fan cooling)

Screen Brightness 1500 nits

Solid-state Air Data System Included

Solid-state AHRS Included

Internal GPS Receiver Included

Synthetic Vision Yes

Graphical Traffic in Attitude Yes

Airports in Synthetic Terrain Yes

Graphical Terrain Warning Yes

Graphical Airspace Yes

Engine Monitoring Yes

Highway-in-the-Sky Yes

TCAD Interface Yes / Ryan TCAD, Garmin 330

Real-Time Weather Interface Yes / WSI In-Flight

Nav/Com Frequency Search Yes

Nav/Com Tuning from EFIS Yes (Garmin AT SL30, SL40)

Force Trim Control (LTI FTC Option)

Vibration Monitoring for Rotor System & Engine (LTI option)

RS232 Interfaces Seven bi-directional channels

ARINC 429 Interfaces Four receive ; two transmit

channels

A Primary Flight Display (PFD) including
Airspeed Indicator
Attitude Indicator
Altitude Indicator
Vertical Speed Indicator
Highway-in-the-sky Guidance
3-D Real-Time Synthetic Vision
Real-Time Traffic Display
Airports Displayed in Synthetic Vision
Glideslope/Deviation Indicator
An Electronic Horizontal Situational Indicator (HSI) including
Color-coded Airspace
Approach Procedure Display
Course Pointer
2 Bearing Pointers
DME Display
Course Deviation
Color Moving Map
Graphical Terrain
Graphical Weather, including
NOTAMS
METARS
SIGMETS
TFRs
Traffic Display
Strikefinder Display
Map De-clutter Functions
Automatic Waypoint Sequencing
Bearing, Distance and ETA to Active Waypoint
Nearest Airport Search
“Direct-To” Navigation
Clock

Timer

Destination Page

Distance and ETA at destination

Predicted fuel remaining in volume and time at destination

Approach and airport radio frequencies

Engine Indicator and Crew Alert System (EICAS) which

Displays up to10 engine instruments  


Panel Details

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The lower half of the EFIS screen is a multi-function display area that can be used to display engine instruments, or a navigation display, or a combination of engine instruments and a navigation display. Engine instrumentation is driven by up to 28 analog sensor inputs that can be customized to an individual installation. The sensors for engine instrumentation are purchased separately from Op Technologies.  

The OP Integrated navigation display consists of a full-color moving map which is driven by the system’s approach certified WAAS/GPS receiver. Symbology used for the moving map is similar to that of paper navigation charts so additional training is not required to use it.  

The navigation display also includes a terrain warning overlay which can to displayed for additional situational awareness or suppressed to de-clutter the display. Situational awareness can be further enhanced by displaying data received from the Ryan TCAD or WSI In-Flight satellite weather receiver on the moving map. Flight plans are entered and displayed on the navigation display, and direct-to navigation and nearest search keys lower the heads-down time required for flight planning.

The Flight Op EFIS provides a wealth of information on a single display and at the same time, gives pilots the power to determine what information is presented. The moving map and horizontal situational indicator can be de-cluttered to hide airports, navigation aids, or everything except the active flight plan. The active flight plan, and the predicted time at each waypoint can be continuously displayed or hidden to further de-clutter the navigation display. Frequencies for waypoints in the flight plan and the destination airport are provided in frequency display windows and in the destination data window.

The Flight Op was designed with the future in mind. Software and navigation database updates are accomplished by simply inserting a data card with the update into the card reader in the display unit and powering the unit on.  

System Components

LTI has teamed up with OP to provide a custom, expandable Integrated IFR Package Featuring Single 10.4” Portrait Integrated EFIS, WAAS/GPS Receiver, AHRS500, Dual Communication Transceivers, Dual VOR/LOC/GS Receivers and ADC200 Air Data Computer to suit our turbine rotorcraft customer’s needs. The package includes

Engine Interface Unit (EIU) EDM950
Crossbow (NAV420 AHRS)  
Air Data Computer (ADC200)
Sandia Altitude Encoder (SAE5-35)
Audio Panel (AP-100)
Dual Communication Transceivers RT3209 (2)
Single VOR/LOC/GS Receiver RN3320
Mode C Transponder ATC4401
Navigation Interface Unit (NIU)
GPS Antenna (for AHRS)
OP Integrated IFR Wiring Harness WH100
EIU Harness for Turbine Engine Installation

 

 

Engine Interface Unit (EIU) EDM950

 


Turbine Engine Features Chart
Hands-free, automatic scanning
All programming done from the Front Panel
Battery voltage with alarm
Amperes (load or charge/discharge meter)
Programmable alarm limits
Normalize view
Exhaust Gas Temperatures (EGTs) to stable 1°F resolution
DIF low to high EGT with alarm
Shock cooling monitored
User selectable scan indexing rate
Fast response probes
Non-volatile long term memory
Optional:Records and stores data up to 30 hours
Post-flight data retrieval
Download to Palm™ Computer
Data retrieval software
Oil pressure
Oil temperature
Turbine inlet temperature (optional)
Outside air temperature
Compressor discharge temperature (optional)
Carburetor temperature or induction temperature (optional)
Fuel pressure (optional)
Fuel level
Fuel Flow
Solid-state rotor fuel flow transducer
Fuel quantity in gallons, kilograms, liters, or pounds
Low fuel quantity alarm
Low fuel time alarm
GPS interface
Instantaneous fuel flow rate
Total amount of fuel consumed
Total fuel remaining

 

 

 

 Crossbow (NAV420 AHRS)

 

The Crossbow NAV420 is a combined GPS Navigation and GPS-Aided Attitude & Heading Reference system (AHRS) that utilizes both MEMS-based inertial sensors and GPS technology to provide an unmatched value in terms of both price and performance. Developed in response to years of extensive application experience in a wide variety of airborne, marine and land applications, the NAV420 also incorporates many new and enhanced design features including:

• Built-in GPS receiver for position and velocity measurement
• GPS data synchronization clock
• High performance Kalman Filter algorithms
• Water resistant, vibration resistant, light-weight design
• EMI protection for trouble-free operation
• Continuous Built-in-Test

The NAV420 provides cons is tent performance over a wide temperature range in challenging EMI environments across a broad range of input power conditions. It is designed for use in a number of different applications including unmanned vehicle control, land vehicle guidance, uncertified avionics and platform stabilization. This high reliability, strap down inertial system provides attitude and heading measurement with static and dynamic accuracies that exceed traditional spinning mass vertical and directional gyros. With GPS integration, the NAV420 system also provides GPS velocity data at up to 100 Hz. Velocity data includes aiding from the inertial instruments to improve stability and reduce the latency associated with stand-alone GPS measurements. Each NAV420 system comes with a GPS antenna and User’s Manual Crossbow's NAV-VIEW software is also included to assist users with system development, evaluation, and data acquisition.

 

The RAMI model AV-GPS is a permanently mounted external aircraft antenna designed for use with GPS receivers which provide +5 volts DC on their antenna connector. It is an active (amplified) antenna providing an average of 26 dB gain over a passive (non-amplified) antenna. The antenna is designed to operate at speeds up to 350 mph and altitudes up to 50,000 ft. It has a drag force of 0.18 lb @ 250 mph

 

Antenna AV-GPS Description

Application           GPS Navigation
Frequency             1575 ± 2 MHz
VSWR                    1.2:1 Typical, 1.0%:1 Max
Connector             Type "BNC” Female
Max Weight          0.5 lb
Max Height           3/4"
Gain:       26 dBic ± 2 dB
DC Power Reqmt +5±0.5 VDC @ 20mA

 

 

 

 Air Data Computer (ADC200)

Designed to interface with the latest GPS systems on the market, the ADC-200 delivers real-time fuel management information, winds aloft, and air data information to instantly alert the pilot to changing flight conditions. The ADC-200 is remote-mounted, and requires no valuable panel space since all calculated functions are viewed directly on the GPS! RS232/422 output fed to the GPS receiver automatically generates the following information to appear on the GPS fuel and wind pages:

Features:

Individual engine fuel flow (GPS calculates fuel remaining/used, fuel to destination, left/right engine used) TAS, winds aloft, wind component Mach, Indicated Air Speed, Instantaneous Vertical Speed, True Air Temperature, Rate of Turn, Outside Air Temperature, Pressure Altitude, Density Altitude, Magnetic Heading. 

 

 

 Sandia Altitude Encoder (SAE5-35)

 

SANDIA Altitude Data System. The SAE5-35 from SANDIA aerospace has set a new standard in providing accurate altitude data. The SAE5-35 combines the features of three systems into a single compact and reliable package.  

ALTITUDE ENCODING …The SAE5-35 performs the functions of an Altitude Encoder by providing Gillham Grey code to the aircraft’s mode C transponder. Innovative pressure circuitry virtually eliminates the warm up time.  

DIGITAL ALITUDE …The SAE5-35 provides two RS232 altitude data outputs in 10 foot increments for use by GPS and Terrain Awareness Systems (TAWS). Each RS232 output is totally independent so that a load on one output will not affect the other. And because it provides altitude data from –1000 to 35,000 feet, it can be installed on piston, turbine or jet aircraft.  

ALTITUDE IN-FLIGHT MONITORING…(AIM) keeps a constant eye on your chosen altitude and lets you know whenever you deviate more than 100 feet. SANDIA aerospace has given sight to the "blind" encoder.

 

. AP 100 Audio Management System Audio Panel (AP-100)

 

The AP 100 is the solution for the customer who wants the convenience of a quality audio panel but not all the extras.

Features include COM1, COM2 transmit select, NAV1 and NAV2 audio switching, and amplified speaker output. Automatic marker audio mute reset and active mic key indicator light. Abundant unswitched audio inputs for the full IFR panel. Fail-safe feature connects the pilot's mic and headset to COM1 when the unit is powered down.

Dimensions: 1"H x 6.25"W x 6"D

 

Dual Communication Transceivers (RT3209) 2 ea

 

The RT-3209  transceiver systems enable pilots and installation technicians to customize the VHF communication system in any aircraft. High 20 Watt output power and low cost provides the best in value and installation flexibility for every aircraft and mission profile. The system is ideally suited for installations where minimum panel space is to be used.  Special functions accessible via the front panel allow full control customization. The lightweight AR-3209 remote transceiver unit is mated with this control head, to complete the system. It can be installed at any convenient place in the aircraft. Both active and preset frequencies are displayed and can be transferred by a single stroke of the "Flip-Flop" button. Up to 20 preset frequencies memories can be easily entered in channel mode from the front panel. When power is turned on, the "BITE" system automatically checks and monitors the full system to insure proper operation at all times. All systems will be JTSO certified for either VFR or IFR use in all types of fixed wing and rotary wing aircraft and comply with the stringent ICAO requirements Annex 10 for FM immunity. For truly compact installations, this transceiver can be combined with matching Becker NAV-VOR/ILS, ADF, and Transponder systems. The remote receiver unit can be controlled by many other CDU or FMS devices and is perfect for use as a COMM in flight management systems.

 

RN 3320  Aircraft VHF NAV Receiver with internal Glideslope Receiver

Single VOR/LOC/GS Receiver RN3320

The  RN 3320  VOR/ILS lightweight remote receivers with VOR/LOC/GS capabilities are mated with this control unit to complete a system. These receivers can be installed at any convenient place in the aircraft. Both active and preset frequencies are displayed and can be transferred by a single stroke of the "Flip-Flop" button. Up to 20 preset memory frequencies can be easily entered. Parallel/serial outputs are provided for automatic DME channeling. The steering signals and flag drive outputs are compatible with most commonly used CDI, HSI, Flight Director and Autopilot systems. All systems will be JTSO certified for either VFR or IFR use in all types of fixed wing and rotary wing aircraft and comply with the stringent ICAO requirements of Annex 10, FM immunity. For truly compact installations, the RN 3320 receiver systems can be combined with other equipment including a VHF-COM, ADF and ATC transponder which have matching control units. The remote receiver units can be controlled by other types of CDU or FMS devices and are ideally suited for use with flight management systems.

 

 Mode C Transponder (ATC4401)

 

The ATC4401 has been designed as a part for all aircraft and helicopters where small dimensions and light weight are essential. It has the same look and similar size as the successful transceiver AR 4201. The mounting behind the panel is as simple as for the AR 4201. Outstanding performance combined with low power consumption is provided. The ATC 4401-175 with min.175 Watt transmit power. The ATC4401 is state of the art designs with fully transistorized transmitters and compliant with the current, most stringent operating standards.


The display shows in addition to the transponder code also the current flight level, if an encoding altimeter is connected and Mode-C is selected. The ATC 4401 operates from 9.5 to 32.2 V DC. This makes it suitable for almost every application in general aviation. A standard encoding altimeter or blind encoder can be connected.

 

 

 Custom Wiring Harness

 

This is furnished for each modular component of the integrated system.

FTC option

LTI’s Force Trim Control is a new servo design with improved dampening cyclic input control developed for non hydraulic rotorcraft systems. Older rotorcraft systems were controlled by the use of trim springs to center the cyclic stick giving it a no-force position. The FTC home switch gives the servo’s its new home position. This new FTC system can have additional trim input by making small servo adjustments using the cooly-hat switches for adjusting the trim servo positions to change cyclic’s physical position. The cooly-hat switch is comprised of four (4) individual switches, each for controlling one of the 90 degree directions relative to the line of flight. When a cyclic stick is moved by the pilot to a new position resetting the home switch for the new cyclic position will recenter home and only need slight input trim corrections to continue the rotorcrafts new course. All forces are removed by re-setting a new home position. After using the switches controlled by the cooly-hat to achieve proper adjustment, the pilot may then stop applying force to the cyclic stick and yet maintain the present control orientation on the helicopter. The cooly-hat switch is thus used by the pilots to reduce the amount of effort needed to control the helicopter. This system is designed for all three axis pitch, roll and  yaw.

 

 

 

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