Avidyne Trade Show News

2014 Oshkosh

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Topic: 2014 Oshkosh

Posted By: AviJake
Subject: 2014 Oshkosh
Date Posted: 27 Jul 2014 at 10:04am

All of the Avidyne 2014 Oshkosh announcements are public (no surprise announcements held back). By way of summary:

The IFD540 is certified and shipping. Some initial installs are already complete. Avidyne Sales should be reaching out to early pre-buy folks in the very near future if not already done so to coordinate shipping logistics.
The IFD540 is shipping with a hardware-certified internal WiFi and BlueTooth transceiver. A future software release will turn on those functions for use in the cockpit.
International certifications of the IFD540 will begin shortly.
The AXP340 ADS-B Out Mode S Transponder is certified and shipping.
The AMP240 Audio panel is certified and shipping.
Release 9.3 (SynVis included) of the R9 system is certified and shipping.
This year represents the 20th anniversary of Avidyne.
The IFD440 development is in great shape. We're flying the units in our flight test aircraft and expect to have cert before the end of 2014.
The Avidyne servo project is moving along at a slow but deliberate pace. When done, that will facilitate a number of new autopilot aircraft certs.
The TAS-A product is nearing completion. When completed, that will satisfy the ADS-B In part of the product line.

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Steve Jacobson
sjacobson@avidyne.com

Replies:

Posted By: ddgates
Date Posted: 27 Jul 2014 at 7:02pm

Steve:

Thanks for the update. Eager to get shipment arranged and get the 540s in my panel.

Judging by your post, I am guessing that the add-on TAS-605A I purchased and will install with the 540s won't have ADS-B enabled. Will it have to return to factory for enablement?

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David Gates

Posted By: oskrypuch
Date Posted: 27 Jul 2014 at 8:16pm

I've been told that my "free" upgrade of TAS605 -> TAS605A will necessitate a trip to the factory. I'm not holding my breath on when it will be available, but it is not that critical. At that point, to take full advantage of it, I will need to be ADS-B out compliant.

* Orest

Posted By: AviJake
Date Posted: 30 Jul 2014 at 10:53pm

I just left Oshkosh (after a 24 hour touch and go visit). Seemed like pretty good buzz around the Avidyne stack.

Enjoyed talking to a bunch of pre-buy folks and some newly interested people. Got some good feedback and suggestions for improvement.

Really enjoyed watching a few Garmin sales reps playing with the Avidyne stack.

Enjoyed playing with the BK KSN770 even more - yikes that was a tough box and not one that I heard anybody have positive feedback about.

Got gobs of inquiries about the TAS-A units, a more complete ADS-B solution, and wifi functionality, not to mention the multitude of "when can I get my 540 unit?" and "when will the 440 be done?" questions.

As for the TAS-A upgrade questions above, I'm not sure I follow the "free" upgrade line (the upgrade price of a TAS to a TAS-A is $2K) and yes, most TAS units will need to come back to the factory for an internal hardware upgrade as part of that upgrade. At this point, I'm estimating a late fall availability for the TAS-A units.

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Steve Jacobson
sjacobson@avidyne.com

Posted By: ddgates
Date Posted: 30 Jul 2014 at 11:17pm

Jake:

Does that mean that a 605A bought TODAY will have to come back?

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David Gates

Posted By: oskrypuch
Date Posted: 30 Jul 2014 at 11:51pm

Steve,

I am holding a coupon for a free upgrade TAS605 -> TAS605A

It references this registation page:

http://www.avidyne.com/landing/tas-a-upgrade/index.asp

* Orest

Posted By: AviJake
Date Posted: 31 Jul 2014 at 12:23pm

David,

Yes, a TAS unit bought today, will still need to come back to factory for the TAS-A upgrade. That TAS-A hardware is going through cert now and therefore, isn't part of today's shipping TAS.

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Steve Jacobson
sjacobson@avidyne.com

Posted By: ddgates
Date Posted: 31 Jul 2014 at 12:35pm

Thanks.

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David Gates