KI 300 Solid-State ADI from BendixKing

Isabel Goyer

Tuesday, July 21, 2015 at 09:50 PM ET

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Key Takeaways:

BendixKing announced the upcoming KI 300, a new solid-state attitude indicator designed to provide a more reliable and durable replacement for older, often unreliable electromechanical units in legacy airplanes.
The KI 300 features a bright LED screen, integrated battery backup, and serves as a direct replacement for several BendixKing legacy ADIs and can act as the attitude source for many of their autopilots.
Expected to be available late this year, the KI 300 will be priced from $4,995 to $7,995 depending on the specific model and included functionality.

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For owners of legacy airplanes with older electromechanical attitude indicators, the need to repair or replace one of these units can be an expensive and uncertain proposition, one that sometimes sadly only resets the clock for a while before more repairs are needed. On Monday at AirVenture in Oshkosh, BendixKing announced it was closing in on certification of a product, the KI 300, designed to provide a reliable long-term solution to such attitude direction indicator woes.

The KI 300, which comes in three distinct versions, is a standard-sized solid-state gyro-based attitude display with a bright LED screen that replaces the company’s existing mechanical legacy KI 254, 255, 256 and KG 258 and 259 attitude indicators, providing a more reliable, durable and accurate ADI solution compared with older mechanical units.