UAV-1004233-001, AV-30-E Pilot’s Guide
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5.3 Pitot and Static Interfaces
Pitot and static connections are required for the AI, and optional for
DG installations.
Airspeed, altitude, derived angle of attack, TAS and DALT all require
pitot static connections as they are based on either altitude or
airspeed measured from those connections.
When installed as a DG, the pitot static connections are required
when the OAT probe is installed. TAS and DALT are the only air-data
related parameters that can be displayed when in DG mode.
5.4 GPS Interface (Optional)
The GPS interface is an optional RS-232 serial input that is
compatible with the industry standard “Moving Map” output provided
by most panel mounted GPS units, and NMEA serial interfaces
provided by most hand-held GPS units.
This is a text/binary protocol output by the GPS navigator that
contains situational awareness information such as ground speed,
track, distance to destination, cross track, etc, and is typically utilized
by remote mapping/display products to provide additional pilot
awareness.
This output does not provide IFR compliant lateral or vertical
guidance, therefore all deviation related data presented is for VFR
operations only.
The AV-30-E does no computations or operations on the data
obtained from the GPS navigator, and simply displays the received
data in a textual or graphical format as configured by the pilot.
5.5 OAT Probe (Optional)
The optional OAT probe interface is compatible with the industry
standard “Davtron” probe which is mounted external to the aircraft.
OAT data is available as a textual data overlay and is used to
compute temperature dependent data such as TAS and DALT. Each
AV-30-E requires a dedicated probe and a single OAT probe cannot
be shared between multiple units.
