uAvionix AV-30-C, Manual

Page 1: ...UAV 1003946 001 Rev D AV 30 C Pilot s Guide ...

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Page 3: ...dded clarification on AI DG toggle function Clarified power input description air data connections GPS interface low speed arc operation Modified roll alerts to not specify left or right direction Clarified AoA description text alert clearing mute operation C 9 2 2021 Software update 2 1 2 Added Definition of Acronyms Terms section D 12 6 2021 Add transponder control ...

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Page 5: ... modified or altered Disclaimer of Warranty IN NO EVENT SHALL UAVIONIX BE LIABLE FOR ANY INCIDENTAL SPECIAL INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES WHETHER RESULTING FROM THE USE MISUSE OR INABILITY TO USE THE PRODUCT OR FROM DEFECTS IN THE PRODUCT SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES SO THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU Warranty Service Warranty repair ...

Page 6: ...Static Interfaces Required 14 6 4 GPS Interface Optional 14 6 5 OAT Probe Optional 14 6 6 Audio Output Optional 15 6 7 Internal Magnetometer Optional 15 6 8 Transponder Control Optional 15 7 User Interface 16 7 1 Startup and Common Controls 16 7 2 Push Set 17 7 3 User Interface Customization 18 7 3 1 AI Mode Customization 18 7 3 2 Edit Presented Data 19 7 4 AI Mode Display Components 20 7 4 1 Basi...

Page 7: ...5 4 GPS ARC Mode 31 7 5 5 Operational Aspects 32 7 5 6 Accessing Reversionary AI 32 7 6 AI DG Displayable Parameters 33 7 7 Reversionary AI 34 7 8 Transponder Control 35 7 8 1 Status 35 7 8 2 Changing Squawk 36 7 8 3 Changing Flight ID 36 7 8 4 Changing Transponder Mode 36 7 8 5 To Send IDENT 36 7 8 6 Quick Squawk VFR 37 8 User Interface and Font Style Options 38 9 Alerts and Alert Limits 39 10 In...

Page 8: ...ion 44 11 1 Operational Methodology 44 11 2 Configured Limits 45 11 3 Stable Flight Conditions 46 11 4 Setting AoA Upper Limit 47 11 5 Setting AoA Lower Limit 48 11 6 AoA Alert Types and Thresholds 49 11 7 Flap Setting Observations 49 12 Setup Menu 51 12 1 Pilot Accessible Setup Menu 52 12 2 Non Pilot Accessible Install Menu 53 13 Operating Limits System Specifications 54 ...

Page 9: ...always displayed The unused portions of the display area can be customized by the pilot to show a variety of textual and graphical data overlay fields Three pages may be customized by the pilot while a fourth page presents a fully decluttered view of only attitude and slip while optionally presenting transponder controls When configured as a Directional Gyro DG direction of flight information is p...

Page 10: ...pplemental functions including audio alerting derived angle of attack presentation G load display and more are provided An internal rechargeable battery allows for operation for a nominal 2 hours in the event of aircraft power loss and 30 minutes minimum under all operating temperature conditions When installed as a non required instrument not replacing the existing approved AI or DG the functiona...

Page 11: ...tude V Speeds Angle of Attack Vertical Trend Vertical Speed Set Altitude Heading Bus Voltage G Load Outside Air Temperature True Airspeed Density Altitude GPS Navigator Waypoint Data GPS Navigator Nav Data GPS Navigator Route Line Heading Bug Transponder Control AI DG Mode Audio and Visual Alerting Functions AoA Alerting G Limit Alerting Excessive Roll Alerting Miscellaneous Functions Internal Bat...

Page 12: ...connects for both the AI and DG installation configurations Various interfaces are optional and interface to some systems may require additional installation approval Figure 2 AV 30 C Aircraft Systems Interfaces AI Mode When installed as a DG no audio outputs are supported and air data related parameters are only available when the optional OAT probe is equipped ...

Page 13: ...y connected and diode protected with the unit s internal battery via a processor controlled switch This architecture allows the unit to continue operation if external power fluctuates or is completely lost When external power is supplied to the AV 30 C there is no mechanism to turn the unit off When operating on battery the unit may be forced off with a user interface action of pressing the left a...

Page 14: ...nted GPS units and NMEA serial interfaces provided by most hand held GPS units This is a text binary protocol output by the GPS navigator that contains situational awareness information such as ground speed track distance to destination cross track etc and is typically utilized by remote mapping display products to provide additional pilot awareness This output does not provide IFR compliant later...

Page 15: ...audio input on the audio panel Audio alerting thresholds and alert enablement are configured by the pilot in the Setup Menu Audio alerting is only supported when configured as an AI 6 7 Internal Magnetometer Optional The internal magnetometer when available is detected in software version 2 1 1 or later It is currently disabled by configuration 6 8 Transponder Control Optional The AV 30 C has the ...

Page 16: ...ny logo unit model number and the currently installed software version Figure 4 Splash Screen Operation in AI and DG modes share the following common user interface controls Rotary Knob with Momentary Push Left Push Button Right Push Button Hold For Brightness Adjust Photo Cell Auto Screen Brightness TFT Color Display Figure 5 Common User Interface Components ...

Page 17: ...w various parameters to be adjusted with the rotary knob Momentarily push and release the knob to scroll through each option When you reach the option to change rotate the knob to scroll through all available values for this option If the range setting has reached a limit the left or right indication arrows will indicate which direction the rotary knob will change the setting Both arrows indicate ...

Page 18: ...rminal prior to actual flight operations 7 3 1 AI Mode Customization Pressing the lower left options MENU button will bring up the first menu which is the user interface customization menu In this mode the cursor can be moved to each customizable area by rotating the rotary knob Figure 7 UI Customization Menu Entry The currently selected field will be indicated by a darkened block with a cyan brac...

Page 19: ...dit Presented Data The following shows the display when the edit mode is active Rotating the knob left and right will then select from the various overlay values that can be presented in the selected field When the desired data type is presented pressing the knob in will accept the current value and the edit mode will remain active Pressing the DONE shown in the lower left button will accept the c...

Page 20: ... on the left main area and altitude will only be displayed on the right side Additionally when operating in the DG mode the available data displayed is different than when operating in the AI mode 7 4 AI Mode Display Components 7 4 1 Basic Components Figure 10 Basic AI Mode User Interface shows the basic AI with all customizable data overlay fields turned off The data shown cannot be disabled or c...

Page 21: ... the locations of the inner and outer customizable fields when operating in the AI mode Outer Textual Fields Inner Graphical Fields Outer Textual Fields Figure 11 AI Mode Customizable Field Locations There are three independent pages on this screen that may be custom configured as desired by the pilot Figure 12 Data Overlay Examples shows an example of the pilot customizable data overlays both tex...

Page 22: ...tton repeatedly The active page is displayed as 1 3 2 3 and 3 3 on the lower right corner of the display A fourth fully decluttered page allows all supplemental information to be hidden leaving just attitude and slip displayed This is accessed by momentarily pushing and releasing the page selection button a fourth time Return to page 1 by momentarily pushing and releasing the page selection button...

Page 23: ...l stabilizing The aircraft should be held as motionless as possible during the alignment process If power is removed from unit during the alignment phase the unit will remain on battery power until it has aligned When the ALIGN annunciator is displayed the presented attitude may be incorrect If ALIGN annunciator does not extinguish after 3 minutes please contact uAvionix support ...

Page 24: ...mark The lower arc portion below Vs1 provides a red colored slow speed band that is only displayed when the airspeed has been above Vs1 for a given flight The color of the indicated airspeed numerals will turn yellow when operating in the yellow speed arc red when operating in a red speed arc but are otherwise white Vfe Vs1 Vs0 Vno Vne Color Coded Presentation Figure 15 AI Mode V Speed Limits On i...

Page 25: ...the heading bug or the bearing to bug are off the left or right sides of the screen a colored arrow will show the shortest turn direction to the corresponding bug To align the DG bug to current heading select DG bug push and hold center rotary knob Figure 16 AI Mode Direction Indication Bearing To Off Screen 7 4 6 Barometric Corrected Altitude Indicator Barometric corrected altitude BCA can be con...

Page 26: ... pilot accessible setting On initial startup the field will be dashed while sensor stabilization occurs On unit power down the current field elevation and barometric pressure are stored in internal non volatile memory On the next power up this field elevation is utilized to compute an estimated barometric setting potentially reducing the required adjustment amount required by the pilot During this...

Page 27: ...onds to a current AoA matching the configured lower limit point The first red bar corresponds to a current AoA matching the configured upper limit AoA limit points are pilot selectable and are set in the pilot accessible Setup Menu Figure 18 AI Mode AoA Indication AoA is determined by the difference between the aircrafts pitch angle and the path through the air See 11 AoA Operation and Configurati...

Page 28: ... Vertical Trend Indication 7 4 9 G Load Indicator The current G Load can be configured for display on the inner right or left area of the screen and consists of a ball marker on a background scale The upper and lower limits of the scale correspond to the upper and lower G limits set in the pilot accessible Setup Menu Figure 21 AI Mode G Load Indication The center most tic mark represents 1 0 G Val...

Page 29: ... unavailable it will be presented as a dashed field See 7 6 AI DG Displayable Parameters for which parameters can be configured for display in these fields 7 4 11 Accessing Reversionary AI A reversionary style display of attitude and slip is available from the traffic page Push and release the right button to engage this screen Push and release the right button again to disengage When a transponde...

Page 30: ...sentation The individual textual fields may also be selected and customized All three pages of the DG may be customized in a similar manner 7 5 2 Non Slaved Heading Mode Figure 23 Basic DG Mode User Interface shows the non slaved DG heading mode DG HDG Six textual fields are available for customization Heading Bug Display Mode Textual Overlays Page Selection Textual Overlays Figure 23 Basic DG Mod...

Page 31: ...play type can also be configured to show GPS track in an ARC mode showing a map style presentation of the current waypoint and current navigational leg Bearing To Heading Bug Display Mode GPS Track Destination Waypoint Display Scale Ownship to Arc in nm Nav Mode VFR Only Route Leg Display Scale Adjust Figure 25 GPS ARC Mode Note The entire programmed flight plan is not displayed only the current n...

Page 32: ...ing and correct the heading as necessary based on the compass The system will preserve the last set heading on shutdown GPS HSI and ARC modes are for VFR operations only No vertical deviations are shown and lateral deviations are not scaled for approach IFR operations Air data temperature related parameters TAS DALT OAT are only available if the DG has been connected to and OAT probe otherwise the...

Page 33: ...ype of text indicates that a textual presentation is available The OAT field indicates that an OAT probe must be installed for this parameter to be selectable The GPS field indicates that a connection to an external GPS navigator is required for the parameter to be selectable Table 1 Data Overlay Types vs Operational Mode Data Type Presentation AI Mode DG Mode OAT GPS Blank Overlay Field N A Attit...

Page 34: ... Graphical GPS Navigator Route Graphical Heading Bug Graphical 7 7 Reversionary AI Figure 26 Reversionary Attitude Indicator The fourth page of the AI and DG operating modes presents a reversionary style display of attitude and slip When a transponder is interfaced this page also allows control and monitoring of the transponder This mode page cannot be customized by the pilot but the transponder c...

Page 35: ...s indicated by the STAT field The following status annunciations may be displayed Table 2 Transponder Status Status Description OK Status good no fault NOPOS No GNSS position information ensure clear sky view FAIL Transponder device failure broadcast monitor or transmission system TMOUT Timeout unable to communicate with transponder MAINT Maintenance required ensure proper configuration e g ICAO a...

Page 36: ...ntil FLIGHT ID appears Press and release to enter the first value Rotate center knob to change the Flight ID value When desired value appears push the center knob to accept the value Push and release the right button CLEAR at any time to clear the Flight ID completely Navigate highlighted cursor to desired character by rotating the knob Repeat until the entire Flight ID has been entered Press and ...

Page 37: ...ged in the transponder configuration In operation there are two ways to change the squawk code to the default VFR code Press and hold the left button until the VFR squawk code is shown in the SQWK field or Press and release the center knob Press and release the center knob to select a squawk digit Press and release the right button to quick squawk VFR Press and release the left button DONE to fini...

Page 38: ...osmetic styles and two different fonts are selectable by the pilot The three UI styles are LEGACY EFIS and VINTAGE The two font selections are ARIAL and LCD Figure 28 UI Style Options These settings only effect the displayed colors and font style all functional operations are identical regardless of style settings ...

Page 39: ... Limit Alerts Figure 29 shows an example how the visual alerts are displayed Figure 29 Example of Alert Annunciator on Screen The priority and warning alert levels from the lowest priority to the highest priority are found in Table 3 Table 3 Alert Types and Priorities Type Priority Percent Aural Visual Roll 7 100 Roll AoA 6 80 One Tone AoA 5 90 Two Tones AoA 4 100 Check Angle G Limit 3 80 One Tone...

Page 40: ...0 Revision D Page G Limit 2 90 Two Tones G Limit 1 100 G Limit The thresholds for each alert are pilot adjustable and each alert type can be independently enabled or disabled Pressing the rotary knob when an alert is active will clear alert ...

Page 41: ...mperature range 10 2 Battery Transition Logic The battery is tested enabled and disabled based on airspeed and aircraft bus voltage 10 2 1 Power On Self Test Pre Flight On powerup the battery charge status will show TEST in amber During this process an internal load is being applied to the battery to determine general capacity capability If the battery fails this self test the charge status field ...

Page 42: ... to aircraft bus power no pilot action is required The ON BATTERY annunciation will extinguish 10 2 3 Power Loss Airspeed Below 40 Knots On Ground When on ground and the bus voltage drops below 7 VDC the unit will initiate a shut down sequence This is the normal on ground shutdown method Pilot may discontinue the shutdown with any knob or button push If bus voltage returns the shutdown sequence wi...

Page 43: ...charger will re charge the battery if bus voltage is above approximately 10 VDC The battery charge icon presented adjacent to the battery charge state will be illuminated during the charge cycle as shown in Figure 32 Battery Charge Status Figure 32 Battery Charge Status It is normal for the battery charge icon to intermittently flash during the battery charge cycle ...

Page 44: ... Methodology Angle of attack is determined by comparing aircraft pitch to the aircraft flight path angle through the air In level flight this directly corresponds to the angle at which the wing is intercepting the body of air surrounding the aircraft with correlates to the current AoA Pitch is determined by the precision internal AHRS and flight path angle is determined by air data based airspeed ...

Page 45: ...ndividual aircraft flight characteristics as it relates to the corresponding AoA display The setting of these configuration limits is implemented with a pilot lockout feature that prevents inadvertent modification The upper near stall configuration limit is set when the aircraft is in the base to final configuration with flaps and gear set to their normal positions for this maneuver This provides ...

Page 46: ... Upper and Lower Limits 11 3 Stable Flight Conditions Stable flight conditions should be present when determining the upper and lower AoA limits The in flight procedures described should be executed when there is minimal turbulence minimal crosswinds and the pilot should operate the aircraft as closely as possible to the following Stable power setting 5 Heading 5 Knots Airspeed 50 Feet Altitude 50...

Page 47: ...light conditions Slowly reduce speed at a rate of 1 knot per second and maintain a constant altitude Monitor the displayed AoA as the aircrafts angle of attack increases If the aircrafts stall warning occurs prior to the indicator reaching the first red bar the upper AoA limit needs to be numerically lowered to coincide with the aircrafts stall warning point If the aircrafts stall warning occurs a...

Page 48: ...le for stalls minimum 1 500 feet AGL Aircraft Configuration o Airspeed VA o Flaps 0 o Power as required o Stable flight conditions Monitor the displayed AoA If no green bars are showing the lower AoA limit needs to be numerically increased If more than one green bar is showing the AoA lower limit needs to be numerically decreased A fluctuating green bar indicates that the lower AoA limit is accept...

Page 49: ...n alert is being generated pressing any button will mute the alert AoA alerts can also be completely disabled under the pilot preference settings 11 7 Flap Setting Observations When the upper AoA limit is configured for the base to final flap setting and the lower AoA limit is configured for the normal cruise flap configuration the indicated AoA will vary from this baseline when flaps are configur...

Page 50: ...UAV 1003946 001 AV 30 C Pilot s Guide 50 Revision D Page Table 5 AoA Observations Flap Setting Flaps Up Flaps Down Pre Stall Climb Vx Climb Vy Cruise Best Glide Speed Approach 1 3 Vs 1 2 Vs 1 1 Vs ...

Page 51: ...Setup Menu push the Menu button twice until the SETUP is shown in the lower window Figure 35 Setup Menu Access Rotating the knob left and right will access the various parameters that may be configured Figure 36 AOA Alert Setting Pressing the knob when the desired field is shown will allow the associated setting to be adjusted After adjustment pressing the knob again will exit editing mode Pressin...

Page 52: ...ive G Limit 1 to 8 ROLL ALERT Enable Roll Alert DISABLED ENABLED ROLL LIM Roll Alert Threshold 30 to 80 TRAK STAB Inertial Track Smoothing DISABLED ENABLED HOURS Lifetime hours of operation For reference Note AoA limits cannot be changed unless the installation menu is enabled Only enabling or disabling AoA Alerts is permitted when installation menu is disabled NOTE The AoA settings are locked out...

Page 53: ...ision D Page 12 2 Non Pilot Accessible Install Menu Non Pilot Accessible settings and options range from air data and attitude trimming display units and interface options Contact an authorized facility to access and modify any of these settings ...

Page 54: ...racy 1 Static 2 5 Dynamic Airspeed Operational Range 40 to 300 kts Altitude Operational Range 1 000 to 25 000 ft AoA Operational Range 30 to 30 AoA Resolution 1 AoA Valid Speed Range 35 to 300 kts AoA Accuracy 2 5 DALT Operational Range 1 000 to 25 000 ft DALT Accuracy 500 ft TAS Operational Range 35 to 300 kts TAS Accuracy 20 kts G Load Operational Range 8 g OAT Operational Range 40 C to 70 C OAT...