intial design release questions....

ok, I have another question for the design team.  I see avidyne is one of the partners for the aspen connected panel interface.  So will I be able to bring my Ipad, running foreflight, into the cockpit and down load my flight plan from my Ipad into the IFD540? Then use the IFD540 as the certified nav solution for the aircraft while monitoring how the weather (using the new stratus receiver) will impact my flight?  If there is an issue, then rubber band the flight plan on the ipad and upload the updates into the IFD540?

Larry,

Still refining the details on the 396 data display answer.  Haven't forgotten.....

Steve

Old Bob,

AviJake wrote: I'll answer your first question with both a "yes" and a "no". To amplify that a little - first let me say that everything that can be done on a GNS530W can be done on an IFD540 at initial release except HTAWS (fixed wing TAWS is part of initial release).

Tim, Tony,

We don't use "FQT" in our lingo but from the context, I'm assuming it means "Final Qual Test".  The typical interaction with the FAA on a program like the IFD540 cert is a long term engagement with a series of deliverables that are spread out across the life of the project.  It sounds like the ones you are asking about are the "end game" milestones and document sets.


We do expect to have some intermediate product "familiarization" interactions with the FAA during the course of the summer.  There *may* be a human factors review of the product by a group of FAA evaluators when the product is declared to be fully representative of the to-be-certified unit by us.  The final end-game milestones are the submission for TIA (Type Inspection Authorization) which is considered the final exam ground and flight tests by the FAA and all of our final compliance documentation.   Since there are literally dozens of submissions, I fear this response is too general.


It is these final compliance document submissions and TIA that we are driving for the end of 2012.  Predicting the duration between submission and FAA approval is a fools game.  We've seen turn-arounds in as short as 1 week in the past and some as long as 4 months.

Perhaps a better way to ask that question:  When is your FQT scheduled and how long after that will it take for you to submitt those reults and the sas?

Hi Tim,

Thank you Victor, those are very kind words.

As a general rule, if the questions might be useful to others, the forum seems like a better choice but if it's very specific to your situation, email sounds better.

In either case, my email is sjacobson@avidyne.com

Yes it will.

Gladly.

Hi Tony,