#Proline glass cockpit king air plus
It is since been updated with stability control, plus envelope protection, and is a major subsystem in the G1000 NXi, capable of coupled go-arounds and automatic emergency descent. This includes the new GFC700 flight control system, which Garmin released in 2005.īack then, the GFC700 integrated autopilot was initially certified on the Beech Bonanza and eventually on all platforms. In many older King Airs, the project yields a 250-pound weight savings.
It has the process down, proven by its 15-day and $3000 penalty per-day downtime guarantee. As of late 2016, Garmin distributor and service center Elliott Aviation has installed over 450 G1000 systems-more G1000 King Air retrofits than all other dealers in the world combined. Garmin has enjoyed sizable success in that market with its G1000 King Air retrofit program for the 90/200/300/350-series King Airs. While the GAMA aircraft sales reports continued to show declining new sales of turboprops and jets (yes, pistons, too), the aging iron-gyro-equipped turboprop and light jet refurb market seems brisk-perhaps even lucrative. A recent change in regulation has opened the floodgates for low-cost electronic flight instruments-including Garmin’s own certified G5 EFIS-which we think will ultimately pull the plug on iron gyros. Well, that might have been the market then, but that’s not exactly today’s standard. Garmin said the G1000 to this day continues to serve its original intentions: to offer a weight-saving, high-tech, integrated glass cockpit that rescues a market long stuck in the age of steam gauges. In an interview conducted last year, we asked Garmin why it hasn’t made design changes to the aging hardware as it did with the GTN-series touch navigators.
On the other hand, if the system is reliable and capable-and in our view the G1000 certainly is-why change it? How that will resonate with buyers and OEMs expecting a total facelift of the G1000 remains to be seen. When the screens are dark, it’s practically identical to the older system, save for the modern corporate logo on the bezel. Evolution Onlyīefore diving into the next-gen G1000 NXi, it’s worth reviewing the G1000’s evolution because the NXi isn’t revolutionary. Cirrus has already adopted the system, calling it the Perspective+. The G1000 NXi could be the new standard for OEM equipage in a wide variety of airframes. To see just what the next-generation G1000 NXi brings to the table, we went flying with the system in Garmin’s King Air 350, where it will replace the current G1000 for future King Air retrofits. While Garmin has been making incremental upgrades to the system-some major and some minor-it says the latest update, the G1000 NXi, is the most major one to date. That’s roughly the time Garmin’s G1000 has spent at the top of the integrated avionics market. In avionics life, 13 years is an impressive production run.
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