Avidyne Vantage: Retrofit PFD and MFD

摘要

Think back almost 20 years when big-screen flight displays were becoming the OEM standard and you'll remember the Avidyne Entegra. These were standard in over 4000 Cirrus and 700-plus Piper models, and while Garmin's G1000 eventually dominated the new-airplane market, there are still plenty of Avidyne Entegra PFD and MFD systems flying around. Pilots like them for their straightforward feature set and generally good reliability. Enter the Avidyne Vantage.These are clean-sheet displays (and the third generation of Avi-dyne's display and processor platform) with a control set and operating logic that trickles down from Avidyne's IFD-series retrofit navigators. For the first product release, these are huge 12-inch diagonal XGA screens that have Avidyne's hybrid touch technology. Moreover, they're designed to use much of the existing wiring in an existing Entegra suite. Here's a look.