Honeywell To Acquire TruTrak Flight Systems (July 2019 Announcement)

[titanhank]

https://youtu.be/DEOIN6HTnOA

They posted a video of the autopilot interfacing with aspen amd g5.

[eaglen92ce]

Thank you for posting the YouTube link. That looks like some good progress. From some of the replies from TruTrak it looks like they are talking about the certified version of the 385 AP which may be different from the legacy experimental hardware.

So some questions remain that are specific to the legacy experimental 385's in the field

1) Are these legacy experimental units economically upgradeable to interface with the G5?
2) What features will be available? It looks like baro settings and heading info from the G5 bug. Possibly altitude preselect from G5 alt bug?
3) Which version of the GAD 29 is required (straight 29 or 29B)?

I am hoping for some response from TruTrak tech support.

Thanks,

[TruTrakAndrew]

Originally Posted by eaglen92ce

Thank you for posting the YouTube link. That looks like some good progress. From some of the replies from TruTrak it looks like they are talking about the certified version of the 385 AP which may be different from the legacy experimental hardware.

So some questions remain that are specific to the legacy experimental 385's in the field

1) Are these legacy experimental units economically upgradeable to interface with the G5?
2) What features will be available? It looks like baro settings and heading info from the G5 bug. Possibly altitude preselect from G5 alt bug?
3) Which version of the GAD 29 is required (straight 29 or 29B)?

I am hoping for some response from TruTrak tech support.

Thanks,

Yes, the G5 interface is complete and is now shipping!

1. The only issue here is that we can only do this in the certified hardware, which we are switching the experimental products over to use. It will probably require an overhaul for it to work, which is $700.
2. Heading bug from G5, altitude bug from G5, and baro corrected altitude from G5.
3. As far as I know, either GAD 29 will work.

[eaglen92ce]

Andrew,

Thank you for the response. That is good news! That make the G5 conversion even more enticing. Just need to add some more upgrade dollars to the budget!

[TruTrakAndrew]

Originally Posted by eaglen92ce

Andrew,

Thank you for the response. That is good news! That make the G5 conversion even more enticing. Just need to add some more upgrade dollars to the budget!

Sure thing...and sorry for the delay in my response. Sadly, I haven't been to VAF much in the last week or so!

[AndyWW]

2 questions:

Do the heading bug, altitude bug and baro sync for G5 to Experimental Vizion 385 work without a GAD29 or is it required?

Does the software update require the header unit to be returned to Trutrak or is there a way to update without a return?

Thanks,

[TruTrakAndrew]

Originally Posted by AndyWW

2 questions:

Do the heading bug, altitude bug and baro sync for G5 to Experimental Vizion 385 work without a GAD29 or is it required?

Does the software update require the header unit to be returned to Trutrak or is there a way to update without a return?

Thanks,

The GAD 29 will be required, as it's the only way for us to get the ARINC output needed for the interface.

Yes, the autopilot controller does have to be returned to TruTrak (for now, eventually to BendixKing repair partners) for the software update.

[Mark33]

Originally Posted by TruTrakAndrew

Yes, the G5 interface is complete and is now shipping!

1. The only issue here is that we can only do this in the certified hardware, which we are switching the experimental products over to use. It will probably require an overhaul for it to work, which is $700.
2. Heading bug from G5, altitude bug from G5, and baro corrected altitude from G5.
3. As far as I know, either GAD 29 will work.

Hey Andrew,

So if I have this correct, to get the TT autopilot to communicate with the "experimental" version of the G-5 it'll require:

1. Send the current version of the TT controller head in for either a software upgrade/overhaul or trade in your current control head and upgrade to the Vizion model....$700 for the overhaul or $1000 for a trade in to for the Vizion....(that's what I was quoted for the trade in).

2. Installed the Garmin GAD-29. ($500) (+$? for wiring harness).

So basically for somewhere between $1,200-1,500 I can have G-5 control over my TT autopilot. Does that sound about right.

[MCA]

Congrats Andrew!

[wnplt]

Andrew,

Will the aspen altitude bug work with the Vision 385 for certified? Also can Aspen forward ILS indications to the TT?

Thanks...