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By Bill Goldston |
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July 22, 2010 - Garmin a global leader in satellite navigation announced that it is developing a new stability augmentation system called Garmin’s Electronic Stability and Protection (Garmin ESP) system. This electronic monitoring and exceedance correcting technology for G1000 and G3000 integrated flight decks works to assist the pilot in maintaining the aircraft in a safe, flight stable condition.
Helping in certain
situations to prevent the onset of stalls and spins, steep spirals or
other loss-of-control conditions should the pilot become distracted,
disoriented or incapacitated during flight. |
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Garmin ESP functions independently of the autopilot,
and operates “in the background” whenever the pilot is hand-flying the
aircraft. Garmin ESP gently nudges the controls back towards stable
flight whenever pitch, roll or high-speed deviations exceed the
recommended limits. Garmin ESP will then disengage when the aircraft
returns to its normal flight. High and low airspeed protection will also be
available with Garmin ESP while pilots are hand-flying the aircraft.
If a Garmin ESP-equipped aircraft approaches the aircraft’s speed
limits (VMO or VNE), Garmin ESP engages and applies force to the control
yoke to increase the aircraft’s pitch attitude and prevent a further
increase in airspeed. Garmin ESP also has built in parameters to prevent the aircraft from exceeding G-limit load factors upon pullout. In high performance aircraft with angle of attack/lift sensors, Garmin ESP offers low airspeed or stall protection that reduces the probability of stalling the aircraft by providing a gentle pitch-down control force through the control yoke when the aircraft’s wing approaches its critical angle of attack.
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