As panel real estate is at a premium in helicopters, the GI 275 was designed for minimal space disruption. [Courtesy: Garmin]
Key Takeaways:
Garmin has received FAA supplemental type certification (STC) for its GI 275 electronic flight instrument in Robinson R22 and R44 helicopters.
The GI 275 is a compact, digital instrument designed to directly replace a variety of legacy primary flight instruments, including attitude indicators, CDIs, HSIs, and MFDs, fitting into existing 3.125-inch panel cutouts.
It offers enhanced features such as improved reliability, reduced maintenance, optional Helicopter Synthetic Vision Technology (HSVT), and multi-function display capabilities with moving maps, weather, traffic, and HTAWS.
This direct replacement capability provides helicopter operators with a significant upgrade from analog instruments, improving situational awareness and potentially reducing installation costs and downtime.
Garmin International Inc. has received supplemental type certification (STC) from the FAA for the GI 275 electronic flight instrument for Robinson R22 and R44 helicopters.
The two-place R22 and four-place R44 are the backbone of the helicopter training fleet. It is hard to find a rotor-wing pilot who hasn’t logged some flight time in one or both of these aircraft.
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Meg Godlewski has been an aviation journalist for more than 24 years and a CFI for more than 20 years. If she is not flying or teaching aviation, she is writing about it. Meg is a founding member of the Pilot Proficiency Center at EAA AirVenture and excels at the application of simulation technology to flatten the learning curve. Follow Meg on Twitter @2Lewski.
