Twin Commander 695A total flight deck refurbishment featuring a custom instrument panel dual Garmin G600 Flight Display Systems, dual GTN 750 Touchscreen Navigation Systems, dual GTX 33es Mode S Transponders and GTS 820 Traffic. The newly installed equipment was integrated with the existing RDR-2000 Radar and AP-106 Autopilot. This aircraft was delivered to the Venezuelan Minister of Transportation on East Sunday 2013
Twin Commander 695A dual Garmin G600 upgrade with L3 Trilogy Electronic Standby Instrument, GDL 69A, GDL 88 and GAD 43e. The existing DFCS 2100 Autopilot was upgraded to WAAS and the dual GTX 330 Mode S Transponders were upgraded for extended squitter. This aircraft was delivered to U. S. Department of Transportation-NOAA on December 23, 2013. The 7" CRT in the center panel is primarily used to display tracking software used in surveying snow depth.
Twin Commander 500S "Shrike" custom instrument panel featuring Garmin G600 Flight Display System canted back into the panel to improve viewing angle. An articulating iPad Air on the copilot's panel is controlled by a rocker switch on the pilot panel which allows the iPad to rotate up to 30 degrees to improve the pilot's viewing angle.
The iPad running Garmin Pilot Software is coupled to the avionics system via a bluetooth adapter. Flight plans prepared on the IPad can be dumped into the navigation system and arrival and departure procedures from the Garmin Pilot software are displayed on the navigation system. Information from the aircraft navigation system such as GPS position, ADS-B weather, ADS-B traffic, and attitude are displayed on the iPad. A Garmin GDL 88 UAT ADS-B Transceiver rounds out the package. The G600 Flight Display system was coupled to the existing Bendix FCS 810 Autopilot and Flight Director.
Twin Commander 500S "Shrike" custom instrument panel. Installation of an S-Tec System 65 Autopilot and JP Instrument EDM-960 Engine Management System required a new panel. This panel features removal panels for the primary flight instrument group on pilot and copilot panels. Removal of only 4 cap screws on each panel allows immediate access behind the panel for maintenance. Along with the new panel the owner elected to accomplish a total cockpit refurbishment. The airplane is base in Chile and is used as a fish spotter flying 6 hour missions nightly over the South Pacific.