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Rockwell Collins FMS Desktop Trainer
ATA 28 – Fuel Heated Vent Outer Coating All
The King Air fuel heated vent outer coating is subject to elements and airstream causing the outer coating to erode with time. If the heated vent is still heating, the coating can be re-applied with a product part number 8B6A available from Textron Aviation Parts.
ATA 33 – LED Recognition Light Replacement B300
Textron Aviation Engineering has approved the use of LED Recognition lights as the direct replacement for halogen lights on the B300. The new part number is 130-381001-0003. When installing the new LED lights, both the left and the right-hand light assemblies must be replaced. Additionally, the installation will require the replacement of two spacers already installed with new spacers part number NAS43DD3-11FC. No wiring changes are needed, and polarity is not an issue.
ATA 34 - Availability of Rockwell Collins ProLine Fusion King Air Desk-top Trainer
Rockwell Collins recently released an FMS desktop trainer for Fusion-equipped King Airs. The FMS Desktop Trainer software is based on the Fusion phase 3 B350 and provides a near real-time, Windows simulation environment that allows the user to become familiar with Rockwell Collins Flight Management System avionics. However, this is not a high-fidelity aircraft flight simulation. The FMS Desktop Trainer is targeted toward aircraft owner/operators intent on gaining a high degree of familiarity with the Rockwell Collins FMS capabilities in their aircraft. In addition, the FMS Desktop Trainer can assist the aircraft owner/operator
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in flight planning operations provided the user has current database subscriptions with the Rockwell Collins, FMS and Database Support Engineering department. It is assumed that the user already possesses the owner’s manual and Operator Guide that was provided with the aircraft. The FMS Desktop Trainer is responsible for running the Rockwell Collins, Rehosted Operation Flight Program (ROFP) avionics to the extent necessary for the FMS to accomplish its principal task of aircraft navigation via FMS on a Windows hosted computer. The fidelity of the simulated avionics components varies from simplistic models to sophisticated rehosting of the actual avionics applications. Consequently, not all FMS capabilities are available.
The equipment needed to setup and operate an FMS Desktop Trainer is a personal computer running a compatible version of the Windows operating system. See specific Communiqué for Minimum PC System
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