ABOVE: All new Robinson R66 helicopters could have the Garmin GFC 600H Helicopter Flight Management System as a regular function
The Robinson Helicopter Firm lately obtained FAA approval to put in the Garmin GFC 600H Helicopter Flight Management System (HFCS) on all future Robinson R66 turbine helicopters as a regular function. In an announcement, the California-based firm stated ‘this transformation marks an development in R66 avionics, by introducing an economical digital flight management answer made to extend each ease of operation and security’.
The brand new system affords operators a number of vital enhancements, together with making certain that pilots keep inside protected operational limits with options like restrict cueing, LVL mode, low-G safety, and low altitude safety. A number of the options supplied by the comprehensive autopilot embrace altitude seize and maintain, vertical pace and airspeed maintain, heading choose, navigation, and strategy modes. ‘Hover help’ is a GPS-based place maintain, whereas the corporate says that the non-obligatory yaw axis management improves trip high quality, automates pedal enter with energy modifications, and controls heading at low speeds.
The corporate additionally lately unveiled the brand new R66 Military Coaching helicopter on the 2025 Military Aviation Mission Options Summit (Quad A) in Nashville, Tennessee. Robinson says the R66 is a reliable and inexpensive coaching answer for the Military’s IERW (Preliminary Entry Rotary Wing) program. By means of vertically built-in manufacturing, greater than 85% of all R66 elements are made in Robinson’s Torrance, California manufacturing facility, making certain constant elements availability and high quality.
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