Avidyne - Entegra Fight Deck
Avidyne Entegra brings affordable, state-of-the-art, WAAS-compatible integrated display capability to the business and general aviation flight deck.
“When it comes to flying from here to there under the guidance of glass, the Entegra is simply easier to use.” - Aviation Consumer March 2006
Overview
Avidyne Entegra
Avidyne brings affordable, state-of-the-art integrated display technology to the business and general aviation flight deck with its Entegra integrated flight deck.
Breakthrough Technology
Virtually all new air-transport and high-end business jet aircraft are delivered with integrated flight deck systems because of their enhanced safety, capability, and reliability. Avidyne revolutionized general aviation aircraft by delivering the Entegra integrated flight deck, and with it, providing all of the same safety, capability, and reliability benefits of air transport flight decks, but at cost and weight that meets general aviation requirements.
The Future is Now
Featuring large-format, flat panel liquid-crystal displays integrating virtually all instruments and gauges from today’s panels, Avidyne’s Entegra dramatically reduces pilot workload, while also saving weight and space. Entegra provides you with a new level of situational awareness, safety, and reliability. All at incredible savings over what you would expect to pay for a typical EFIS system.
Completing the Picture
The Entegra EXP5000 Primary Flight Display (PFD) presents standard flight instrumentation including attitude direction indicator (EADI), horizontal situation indicator (EHSI), altitude, airspeed, vertical speed, moving map, weather, and traffic on large 10.4-inch diagonal, high-resolution, sunlight-readable full color displays, in easy-to-read formats. It also conveys a pilot-selectable moving map presentation of flight plan data and an RMI pointer, all within the primary field of view, reducing pilot workload. The versatile, large screen Entegra EX5000 MFD displays navigation data, broadcast datalink weather, lightning, color radar, traffic, obstacles, terrain, and CMax™ approach plates with an intuitive user interface.
Catch the Wave
The fully-integrated design of Entegra makes it ideal for high-performance singles, piston twins, turboprops, and light jets. Several original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) are integrating Entegra into their new production aircraft, setting off a wave of integrated flight deck technology adoption not seen since the migration of EFIS from air transport to business jets. Entering the second century of aviation, integrated flight decks are the standard for new GA aircraft, and Entegra is leading way.
Functionality
The Entegra EXP5000 Primary Flight Display (PFD)
The advanced technology of the Entegra EXP5000 PFD provides you with the highest level of flight instrument integration available for general aviation aircraft. The fully-integrated Entegra EXP5000 Electronic Attitude Direction Indicator (EADI) puts your attitude, heading, airspeed, altitude and vertical speed instruments onto a single display, reducing workload and improving your scan.
Primary Engine Instruments
The EXP5000 PFD also displays critical engine data during startup, and engine power data during all phases of flight enabling the pilot to quickly and efficiently manage engine settings during periods of high workload with his or her scan leaving the PFD. Engine data displayed include for piston aircraft; manifold pressure, RPM, percent power, fuel flow and oil pressure. For turbine aircraft; turbine inlet temp, torque, Fuel flow, total fuel, oil pressure, Turbine RPM (Ng) and Prop RPM (Np).
Integrated Electronic HSI
The electronic horizontal situation indicator (EHSI) puts advanced navigation display capability in your primary field of view with all of the capabilities of sophisticated EFIS systems. Fully integrated with your VLOC/GPS, Entegra provides synchronized switching as you transition from the enroute phase to the approach phase of your flight. When an instrument approach is selected, lateral and vertical guidance indications are presented on the attitude display indicator (ADI) for increased precision and reduced scanning. The EHSI can be viewed in standard 360-degree compass rose, or in a 180-degree forward view, with selectable bearing pointer and flight-plan moving map display.
Easy-to-Fly Trend Indicators
The Entegra EXP5000 provides 6-second trend indicators for airspeed, altitude and heading.
Trend indicators, typically found on air transport and high-end corporate jets, allow you to fly with higher precision and reduced workload when changing or maintaining critical airspeeds or altitudes.
Integrated Autopilot Functions with Flight Director
The Entegra EXP5000 PFD may be coupled with the autopilot for altitude pre-select, vertical speed select and heading select modes without the need for external controllers. Selection bugs and digital readouts for each of these parameters are provided for concise operation. The EXP5000 includes a Flight Director that can operate coupled with the autopilot or uncoupled, where the pilot flies “to the Flight Director bars” for transitions from the enroute to the approach phase of flight.
Full-Time Wind Vector
An integrated air data computer provides you with a full-time instantaneous wind vector, taking the guesswork out of finding the right altitude to optimize your flight time. It is equally valuable as you correct for wind while entering the pattern or flying an instrument approach.
Simple Controls
The straight-forward user interface makes flying the Entegra a breeze. Human-factors studies and flight test experience suggest less is more in terms of PFD modes, and we’ve kept it simple, yet elegant. Entegra provides one-button access to frequent pilot settings such as BARO and altitude/ vertical speed/ heading bugs. Nav sources are push-button selectable for the EHSI needle, the bearing pointer, and the flight-plan moving map.
The FlightMax Entegra PFD was designed to have a learning curve of less than five minutes. It’s that easy.
Avidyne ADAHRS
At the heart of the FlightMax Entegra PFD is Avidyne’s fully-integrated, solid-state Air Data/ Attitude and Heading Reference System (ADAHRS). The compact, lightweight, ADAHRS system uses a 3-axis solid state gyro and accelerometer system combined with a magnetometer to replace the traditional vertical and directional gyros. Avidyne’s state-of-the-art ADAHRS provides Roll, Pitch, and Heading data with reliability far exceeding mechanical gyros, at a price point far below solid-state systems found in high-end corporate aircraft. Connected to the pitot-static system, Entegra’s integrated air data computer provides airspeed, altitude, vertical speed, and outside air temperature (OAT), and continually updates the winds aloft and true airspeed (TAS) indications on the PFD.
Avidyne Entegra EX5000 Multi-function Display (MFD)
With the Entegra’s EX5000’s intuitive “map-centric” operation, you can view your moving map with broadcast datalink weather, special-use airspace, traffic, obstacles, terrain and lightning without ever leaving the map page. The Entegra EX5000 is the only large-format display that provides this complete picture, offers full integration of your color weather radar and it’s the easiest to use. The Entegra EX5000’s user interface dramatically improves your ability to access and display critical flight data. It’s simple and consistent operation allows you to select and display what you need on a single easy-to-interpret integrated moving map.
The Best Map Available
All special-use and class airspaces are color-keyed for added clarity, TFRs are clearly indicated with bright red boundaries and updated through your broadcast datalink weather service, and this can be displayed at the same time as your NEXRAD or onboard color weather radar data for a more complete situational picture. Having the complete picture on your map display gives you the ability to avoid weather and stay clear of restricted airspaces, providing an added measure of safety, and saving you time and fuel. Comprehensive Jeppesen NavDataTM and an expansive obstacle database provide you with an unparalleled view of your flight environment. Full overlay capability allows you to add or remove any available sensor data, with 180-degree forward view and 360-degree center view maps.
Advanced Terrain Mapping
The Entegra EX5000 has a complete terrain and water base map, as well as a North American database containing towers and other obstacles greater than 200’ AGL, providing unsurpassed depiction of terrain hazards. Color-contoured terrain is displayed on the base map and obstacles can be displayed with MSL altitude labels. Avidyne’s exclusive terrain scale shows the altitude of the highest terrain and obstacle in the displayed area. The “nearest obstacle” feature makes it easy to determine the height and proximity of nearby towers as you descend into any unfamiliar areas.
Curved Paths
The Entegra EX5000’s large display shows curved flight path segments such as DME arcs, holding patterns and procedure turns, overlaid with traffic, terrain, weather, airports and runway diagrams. The EX5000 takes the guesswork out of shooting instrument approaches.
Avidyne TAS600 Traffic Series Integration
The EX5000 comes with Avidyne’s integrated TAS600 family of Traffic Avoidance Systems (TAS). The TAS600 family includes traffic displays on the main map page, traffic warning messages pop-up to alert the pilot while on any screen of the EX5000, an audible warning to the pilot that calls out traffic, its bearing and relative altitude “traffic, 2 o’clock level” and a dedicated traffic resolution page that is displayed when the traffic message alert softkey is pressed. This page enables the pilot to focus on resolving the immediate traffic issue, and when avoided, with a single press return to the previous EX5000 page being utilized. When combined, the EX5000 with integrated TAS600 series offers a clear safety advantage to pilots over other such systems in the market.
TAWS Page
Although the EX5000 primary map display includes terrain, the system is also integrated with a dedicated Terrain Awareness and Warning System (TAWS). If a terrain warning alert occurs, it will be clearly displayed on the message bar of EX5000 screen, when the pilot accepts the alert, a dedicated TAWS page will be selected with the obstacle clearly displayed so the pilot can take immediate action. When the obstacle is avoided, the pilot can quickly return to any page on the EX5000 with a twist of a knob. Avidyne’s safety design philosophy is visible in both the EX5000’s Traffic and Terrain alert and resolution steps. The system clearly identifies the potential problem to the pilot, offers an easy to get to and highly intuitive dedicated display to resolve the problem, and then, just as quickly and easily returns the pilot to the next task at hand in safely aviating, navigating and communication the aircraft.
CMax™ Charts
The Entegra EX5000 offers a dedicated display for the Jeppesen Terminal Procedure Charts. This display offers unparalleled situational awareness to pilots in all aspects of flight on and around airports. Charts include airport diagrams, standard instrument departures and almost all instrument approaches in the United States. What makes the CMax™ charts a step above all other similar displays is the EX5000’s capability to show flight plans, active flight leg and the actual aircraft on all geo-referenced charts. Each chart offers different views so the pilot can quickly scan through and understand detailed information about the airport or procedure. Upon successful landing, after shooting an approach, the CMax™ system will automatically display a close-up of the airport diagram on rollout. The pilot will have complete awareness of taxiways, runways, and FBO ramps at unfamiliar and complex airports minimizing the possibility of runway encroachment, improper taxiway navigation This system makes progressive taxi requests a thing of the past! The CMax™ system also includes day and night displays, ability to pan and or zoom in or out.
Trip Summary at a Glance on the TRIP PAGE
The Trip page provides complete information about your route of flight including a list of all remaining waypoints in the active flightplan, with distances and times for each leg. Graphical METARs and TAFs are displayed for the reporting station nearest each waypoint in the flight plan. Graphical METAR flags are color-coded for quick determination of the weather at each reporting point. The pilot can quickly switch through reporting station data displays of TAFs, Winds-aloft, freezing level or METARs. Additionally the METARS are translated to plain English for easy interpretation. With the optional EMax™ Engine Indication System, the trip page also shows fuel remaining at each waypoint.
“What if” planning and decision support on the NEAREST PAGE
The Nearest page offers the pilot critical decision support data when the unexpected occurs. Whether “it goes below minimums at your destination” or a more immediate issue makes you chose to get your plane on the ground safely, the nearest page was designed to quickly and intuitively deliver to the pilot the information needed to safely aviate, navigate and communicate in these higher workload environments. A simple turn of a knob and the Nearest page (on the nearest airport to present position selection) shows all available airports within 100nms. The tower frequency, distance and bearing to each airport is displayed as well as the graphical METAR weather at the location and if a CMax™ instrument approach is available and if it is an ILS. On the lower half of the screen the METAR is translated to plain English so the pilot can ascertain the winds and probably active runway. With single pushes of a line select keys, the pilot can see and review the CMax™ approach and the airport diagram including airport altitude. If the problem is weather at destination, the pilot selects nearest to destination and the data displayed changes to all airports within 100 nm of your destination. The display data remains the same and the pilot can quickly identify a safe alternative airport to land at and quickly find all required information about that airport. Other “nearest to” selections include; nearest obstacles, VOR/NDB, or Intersection.
EMax™ Total Engine Management System
The EX5000 offers a dedicated engine display page for clear and easy monitoring of engine functions. The dedicated engine page is very useful during engine startup, taxi and take-off. For enroute, approach and landing phases of flight, critical engine data is displayed on the top left screen of the EXP5000 PFD and in the engine data-bocks on the top left corner of the moving map page. If an engine problem develops, an alert is clearly displayed on the message bar and with a simple twist the pilot can open the EMax™ engine page and quickly identity the problem. The EMax™ system includes, on the Engine page; a handy graphical fuel totalizer, a lean assist mode, and a percent power display, which take the guess work out of fuel and power management. EMax also monitors fuel flow and computes nautical miles per gallon, fuel remaining, fuel to waypoint, and fuel to destination. Temperatures, pressures, RPM, fuel flow, OAT, and electrical bus voltages are also monitored and displayed. The system also monitors and alerts for engine exceedences and records any exceedences as well as all other displayed engine data. This data can be easily downloaded to a computer for engine maintenance and warranty records. The EMax™ system is also available for twins and turbine aircraft. EMax™ provides the most intuitive engine performance monitoring and analysis capability available.
Checklist Page
The EX5000 MFD comes with an optional Checklist page. Normal take-off, enroute and approach checklists, emergency checklists as well as aircraft performance charts are displayed on this page. Pilots can easily select and move through checklist designed specifically for the single pilot environment. As items are completed, selecting the “done” select key changes the color of the item completed making it easy for pilots to find where they left off, and avoid skipping steps when they are interrupted by the outside environment. Aircraft performance charts include; airspeed limits, cross wind-component, take-off distance, cruise performance and landing distances offering the pilot easy access to what may be critical data in a single pilot environment.
EX5000 AUX Page
The AUX page enables to pilot to customize EX5000 pages. The AUX page contains menu’s for controlling declutter and data-block settings on the main map page and airport filters on the Nearest and Trip pages The AUX page also acts as the interface for the MultiLink™ two-way text messaging. When a message is sent to the aircraft from Avidyne’s FlightCenter™ system, an alert message is show on the message bar. The pilot selects the AUX page and the message is displayed in the text message window. The pilot uses the EX5000 dual knobs to respond or send initial messages to the ground.
Avidyne Entegra for High Performance Aircraft
Avidyne offers a 3 display version of the Entegra integrated flight deck for high-performance aircraft. Launched on the Piper PA46 Meridian, the Entegra three display system includes a dual EXP5000 PFD each with an independent ADAHRS. The EXP5000 displays and ADAHRS communicate with each other monitoring for fault detection and synchronizing data on the displays. Fault detection is accomplished through Avidyne’s Cross-Compare Reference (CCR™) system. Deviations outside of normal operations in altitude, attitude, airdata, and nav-data are immediately alerted to the pilot offering an even higher level of reliability and situational awareness. Additionally, the pilot may select to drive both EXP5000 displays from the pilot ADAHRS or the copilot ADAHRS with the default setting of each system driven by their own ADAHRS.
Datalink
EX5000 MFD Map Page
The EX5000 Map page displays a complete and powerful weather awareness picture to the pilot including:
NEXRAD
In the United States, there are approximately 150 ground based Doppler weather radars. NEXRAD (next generation radar) is the term applied to the mosaic created from integrating these individual Doppler pictures into a single nationwide color-coded weather picture. The NEXRAD mosaic is displayed on the EX5000 Map and offers pilots a powerful weather avoidance tool. The NEXRAD mosaic updates about every 6 minutes offering a close to real-time weather radar picture for any portion of the continental United States.
Advanced NEXRAD features that are available in Entegra Release 6 include Storm Track Vectors. Storm track vectors display a storm cell’s ground speed in knots and direction of travel on top of a NEXRAD generated storm cell. Within the storm track a Hail Warning will alert the pilot to a greater than 50% chance of hail when the Storm Track Vector changes from black to white.
Lightning
Lightning data is overlayed on the EX5000 Map page. Aircraft owners have the unique cability to configure an aircraft with ground-based lightning detection, airborne lightning detection, or a combination of ground and airborne lightning detection.
Graphical METARs
METAR is an Acronym for METeorological Aerodrome Report. It is the primary observation code used in the United States for reporting surface meteorological data. METAR reports include wind, visibility, runway visual range, present weather, sky condition, temperature, dew point, and altimeter setting. In the U.S., METAR reports are taken once an hour between 50 minutes past the hour and the top of the (next) hour. METARs are displayed as a “colored flag” on each reporting METAR station on the EX5000 MFD moving map.
METAR Legend for the EX5000 MFD Map
AIRMETs and SIGMETs
AIRMET and SIGMET boundaries are also displayed graphically on the map page. It was not uncommon for a pilot to fly into a active AIRMET or SIGMET simply because the boundaries where difficult to define, but with the EX5000 pilots can quickly and easily recognize the boundary lines for each active AIRMET or SIGMENT and avoid potentially dangerous areas of weather.
TFRs
All Special-Use and Class Airspace boundaries are clearly depicted on the map, along with available Temporary Flight Restrictions (TFRs). The EX5000’s high-resolution display allows you to easily see and remain clear of restricted airspaces.
Putting it all together
When receiving broadcast datalink weather, the EX5000 MFD Map page with integrated onboard lightning detection and integrated onboard color weather radar capability offers pilots a level of weather and airspace situational awareness that has never before been available in general aviation aircraft.
Trip and Nearest Pages
The EX5000 MFD Map page is not the only page that offers critically important weather data. The EX5000 Trip and page provides additional weather information about your route of flight, nearest airports to your present position and destination airport as well as potential alternates.
Textual METARs, TAFs, Winds aloft and freezing level data are all reported for waypoints and airports along your route of flight. This information can be critical when determining a safe alternate airport in the event of inclement weather or an emergency situation.
The EX5000 MFD provides plain text translation of each METAR, which contains a mini-weather report for that reporting point. It decodes and displays ceiling, visibility, wind speed/direction, temperature/dew point, barometric setting.
Specifications
Dimensions
| Size | Height | Width | Depth | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EXP5000 PFD | 8.5" (21.6cm) | 10.7" (27.2cm) | 9.4" (23.9cm) | 12.0lbs (5.45kgm) |
| EXP5000 MFD | 8.5" (21.6cm) | 10.7" (27.2cm) | 4.62" (11.7cm) | 6.75lbs (3.07kgm) |
TSO Compliance
| TSO-C2d | Airspeed Instruments |
| TSO-C3d | Turn and Slip Instruments |
| TSO-C4c | Bank and Pitch Instruments |
| TSO-C6d | Magnetic Direction Instruments |
| TSO-C8d | Vertical Velocity Instruments |
| TSO-C10b | Altimeter, Pressure Actuated |
| TSO-C37d | VHF Radio Communications Transmitting Equipment |
| TSO-C38d | VHF Radio Communications Receiving Equipment |
| TSO-C43c | Temperature Instruments |
| TSO-C44b | Fuel Flow Meters |
| TSO-C45a | Manifold Absolute Pressure Instruments |
| TSO-C47 | Pressure Instruments - Fuel, Oil, Hydraulic |
| TSO-C49b | Electric Tachometer |
| TSO-C106 | Air Data Computer |
| TSO-C110a | Airborne Passive Thunderstorm Detection |
| TSO-C113 | Airborne Multipurpose Electronic Display |
| TSO-C147 | Traffic Advisory System (TAS) |
| TSO-C157 | Flight Information Systems-Broadcast (FIS-B) |
Displays:
10.4” Diagonal, Color Active-Matrix LCD
Sunlight readable
800×600 pixels, 65,536 colors
System Power:
6.0 A @ 28VDC
Operating Altitude:
Up to 25,000 ft. (cabin pressure)
Operating Temperature:
-20°C to +55°C
+70°C Short term
Warranty:
2 Years parts & labor included
Extended warranty service available
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