Infinity Entertainment and Tjaart van Rooy of VR Avionics have been hard at work increasing overall performance of the Turbine Starter/Limiter monitoring system. In a few weeks time we will now have full In-Flight limiting of all parameters. This is a huge step forward for Team Turbine Toucan. When we are flying hard charging, low-level aerobatics, we are looking outside the cockpit.

Though we have crew monitoring trends on the ground and reporting any unusual trends to the pilot via a discreet frequency, it still requires pilot input to correct the exceedence. The latency in communication from the ground to the pilot might only be a few seconds, but that is a critical few seconds when you can overspeed N2 or have large spikes in ITT.

The new system completely eliminates pilot input for corrections, which greatly reduces pilot workload when high power and low altitudes are experienced.

Tjaart has also added significant telemetry interface updates for the ground crew. Now we can completely data log the entire flight. We can also display on a graph all engine parameters, which now give you graphical trend data in real-time. This allows us to play back historical data and map it with any particular maneuver to see what, if any effect it has on the Turbine.

This is really ground breaking technology for Turboprops! We can’t thank Tjaart and Maurits enough for the continued support; it is this kind of dedication and support that has made the project a reality.

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