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Environmental Qualifications
56 Apollo SL30 Installation Manual
The Apollo SL30 Nav module has been tested to the following environmental categories per
procedures defined in RTCA/DO-160D.
Environmental Qualification Form
Model:
Part No:
TSO No:
SL30 NAV portion
430-6040-3XX
TSO-C34e, TSO-C36e, TSO-C40c, &
TSO-C66c Manufacturer:
Garmin AT, Inc.
2345 Turner Road SE
Salem, Oregon 97302
Conditions DO-160D
Section
Description of Conducted Tests
Temperature and Altitude 4.0 Equipment tested to Category B1 with
Operating temp: -20ºC to +55ºC
Short time hi temp: to +70ºC
Ground survival temp: -55ºC to +85ºC
In-flight Loss of Cooling 4.5.4 No cooling required
Altitude 4.6.1 Equipment tested to 25,000 feet
Temperature Variation 5.0 Equipment tested to Category C, 2
°
C/min
Humidity 6.0 Equipment tested to Category A, standard humidity
environment
Operational Shocks and Crash
Safety 7 Equipment tested for both operational and crash safety
shocks to Category B. (Equipment operated normally after
the crash safety shocks.)
Vibration 8.0 Standard vibration category S (curves M and B)
Robust Helicopter Vibration Category U (curves F and F1)
Explosion Proofness 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 Resistance 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 is Class Z, <0.3 meters
Power Input 16.0 Equipment tested to Categories A & B
Voltage Spike 17.0 Equipment tested to Category A
Audio Frequency Conducted
Susceptibility - Power Inputs 18.0 Equipment tested to Categories A & B
Induced Signal Susceptibility 19.0 Equipment tested to Category Z
Radio Frequency Susceptibility
(Radiated and Conducted) 20 Equipment tested to Category V
Emission of Radio Frequency
Energy 21 Equipment tested to Category M
Lightning Induced Transient
Susceptibility 22.0 Equipment tested to -
Categories A3 and B2
Lightning Direct Effects 23.0 Equipment identified as Category X, no test required
Icing 24.0 Equipment identified as Category X, no test required
Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) 25.0 Equipment tested to Category A
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