AXP340 Transponder Installation Manual
10 March 2014
01201-00
Issue AF
AVIDYNE CORPORATION
Page 31
10. Environmental Qualification Form
Nomenclature
AXP340 Mode S Transponder
Part Number:
01155-00-(XX)
ETSO:
C112d, C166b
Manufacturer
Trig Avionics Limited
Address
Heriot Watt Research Park, Riccarton, Currie, Scotland, EH14 4AP
Conditions
DO-160G
Section
Description of Conducted Tests
Temperature and Altitude
4.0
Equipment tested to Categories A4, C4
Low temperature ground survival
4.5.1
-55°C
Low temperature operating
4.5.1
-25°C
High temperature operating
4.5.3
+70°C
High temperature short-time operating
4.5.2
+70°C
High temperature ground survival
4.5.2
+85°C
Loss of Cooling
4.5.4
Cooling air not required (+70°C operating without cooling air)
Altitude
4.6.1
55,000 feet
Decompression
4.6.2
8,000 to 55,000 feet in 15 seconds
Overpressure
4.6.3
-15000 feet
Temperature Variation
5.0
Equipment tested to Category C
Humidity
6.0
Equipment tested to Category A
Operational Shocks
7.2
Equipment tested to Category B
Crash Safety
7.3
Equipment tested to Category B
Vibration
8.0
Aircraft zone 2; type 3, 4, 5 to category S level M
Equipment also tested to aircraft zone 2; type 1 (Helicopters)
to category U level G
Explosion
9.0
Equipment identified as Category X
– no test required
Waterproofness
10.0
Equipment identified as Category X
– no test required
Fluids Susceptibility
11.0
Equipment identified as Category X
– no test required
Sand and Dust
12.0
Equipment identified as Category X
– no test required
Fungus
13.0
Equipment identified as Category X
– no test required
Salt Spray
14.0
Equipment identified as Category X
– no test required
Magnetic Effect
15.0
Equipment tested to Category Z
Power Input
16.0
Equipment tested to Category BX
Voltage Spike
17.0
Equipment tested to Category B
Audio frequency conducted susceptibility
18.0
Equipment tested to Category B
Induced signal susceptibility
19.0
Equipment tested to Category AC
Radio frequency susceptibility
20.0
Equipment tested to Category TT
Radio frequency emission
21.0
Equipment tested to Category B
Lightning induced transient susceptibility
22.0
Equipment tested to Category B2H2L2
Lightning direct effects
23.0
Equipment identified as Category X
– no test required
