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CubCrafters Adds Camera Option

CubCrafters, the manufacturer of FAA-certified, ASTM-accepted, and experimental category aircraft designed to get you into every remote place, is now offering a thermal imaging system for Garmin G3X-equipped aircraft to improve pilot situational awareness in reduced visibility situations.

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The infrared camera will display images directly on the G3X main screen in real time. [Courtesy: CubCrafters]
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Key Takeaways:

  • CubCrafters is introducing a new thermal imaging system for Garmin G3X-equipped aircraft to significantly improve pilot situational awareness in reduced visibility conditions such as smoke, shadow, dusk, or night.
  • The wing-mounted infrared (IR) camera displays real-time, detailed images of terrain, roads, and runways directly on the G3X main screen, augmenting Garmin's synthetic vision.
  • Developed in collaboration with Hood Tech Aero, this lightweight system fully integrates with the G3X avionics package and is hailed as a key flight safety innovation, penetrating haze and darkness.
  • The system is currently available for factory installation on new experimental CubCrafters aircraft for approximately $16,000, with retrofit kits and certified aircraft approvals anticipated by year-end.
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CubCrafters, the manufacturer of FAA-certified, ASTM-accepted, and experimental category aircraft designed to get you into every remote place, is now offering a thermal imaging system for Garmin G3X-equipped aircraft to improve pilot situational awareness in reduced visibility situations.

If the airplane is equipped with a Garmin G3X avionics package, the owner has the option to add a wing-mounted, forward-looking IR camera that displays directly on the G3X main screen in real time. According to CubCrafters, it is the same field of view, at the same image scale, and with the same horizon as Garmin’s built-in synthetic vision but with much more detail, helping the pilot navigate when flying in smoke, shadow, dusk, or night.

Meg Godlewski

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.

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