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    5000 series capabilities?

    Are there any plans or ability for the following functions:

    1) A remote button to activiate a GO AROUND mode which would give the pilot flight director guidance and autopilot capability in a Go Around mode. i.e. pilot activiates go around mode flight director pitches to a predetermined atitude and tries to capture the buged altitude and revertes to wings level roll mode. This could be held until a nav mode is selected and the missed approach is initated. This remote button could also be pressed in a terrian avoidance maneuver or windsher maneuver if the EFIS detects conditions and reverts to these modes and the pilot presses the go around button. Some airlines have such modes of flight guidance. The windshear mode could be triped by a airspeed magnitude and rate change. The terrian mode could be triggered by a time to impact calculation.

    2) a speed mode for vertical guidance and autopilot. This mode could also offer protections with a pitch change to prevent stall or Vne.

    3) ability for approaches to be flown without a GPS navigator i.e. no Garmin product required and the approach database onboard the EFIS.

    Thanks for the info.

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    1) A remote button to activiate a GO AROUND mode which would give the pilot flight director guidance and autopilot capability in a Go Around mode. i.e. pilot activiates go around mode flight director pitches to a predetermined atitude and tries to capture the buged altitude and revertes to wings level roll mode. This could be held until a nav mode is selected and the missed approach is initated. This remote button could also be pressed in a terrian avoidance maneuver or windsher maneuver if the EFIS detects conditions and reverts to these modes and the pilot presses the go around button. Some airlines have such modes of flight guidance. The windshear mode could be triped by a airspeed magnitude and rate change. The terrian mode could be triggered by a time to impact calculation.

    If you have a GTN-650 or 750 connected to the EFIS it will fly the missed. If you switch to bug mode with the joystick it climbs to the alt bug and follows the heading bug.

    2) a speed mode for vertical guidance and autopilot. This mode could also offer protections with a pitch change to prevent stall or Vne.
    The AP and the EFIS has speed control for over speed and stall protection. We are currently working on airspeed climb mode.

    3) ability for approaches to be flown without a GPS navigator i.e. no Garmin product required and the approach database onboard the EFIS.
    We are working on adding the approach database to the EFIS so that it will fly the approaches without a GPS Navigator, this will not be legal for IFR.
    Rob Hickman
    Advanced Flight Systems Inc.

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    It would be nice to have a "wings level" button for the AP. Sometimes I would like to just quickly activate it and CWS button might leave it in a climb/descent or turn slightly to maintain ground track instead of heading.

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    it would also be nice for unusual attitude recovery

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