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Blue Mountain EFIS Lite Plus

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Blue Mountain EFIS Lite Plus
Price: £2,783.58

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Replace primary flight instruments with Blue Mountain's EFIS

ELECTRONIC flight displays are flooding the market and the latest is this EFIS Lite Plus from Blue Mountain Avionics.

Blue Mountain is an American company set up by Greg Ricter, a electronics guru, who started out making his own electronic Primary Flight Display (PFD) 12 years ago while building a Cosy kitplane. It was supposed to be a fun little side project but now it's grown into an international company.

Blue Mountain products are handled in the UK by Aerosport, who also distribute the Ikarus C42, Breezer, Rotax parts and service kits.

The Lite Plus display is based on the runaway success of Blue Mountain's Lite G3, with an easier to read five-inch screen. Many homebuilders are taking advantage of this system as the one unit can replace the six traditional flight instruments, hence the 'six pack in one'.

From power on to fully operational is less than 30 seconds. Gyro re-erect takes less than six seconds to be flyable and less than 10 for full accuracy. A pair of concentric knobs provides Prev/Next, Up/Down and Select functions.

Four discrete panel switches (DSP, AP,CKL,SET) control various other system functions such as calling and dismissing menus. Blue Mountain has carried out formal usability analysis on the controls and most pilots have found them both intuitive and comfortable, even in turbulence.

The company is proud of the screen's brightness and resolution - not a glitch or a flicker, according to one customer's feedback.

Even more impressive is the Attitude Indicator which has a backdrop of a virtual 3D world showing you terrain ahead. The moving map option uses Jeppesen charts.

Combined with Blue Mountain's Engine POD (purchased separately for £821.33 including VAT), the EFIS Lite Plus can also give an Engine Monitoring System capability. You'll need to buy whatever sensors you want for your engine, such as oil pressure, CHT, EGT and the like. Then the 16 engine gauges can be configured as you see fit - you can set minimum and maximum limits and redlines.

W: www.aerosportuk.com

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