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AFD Dataplate
installed in in in in Fusion equipped King Airs Textron is is recommending that operators have their their AFDs modified with with this SB SB at at at their their earliest opportunity Compliance with with SB SB 3 upgrades the the AFD’s firmware and and is expected to greatly reduce occurrences of of blanking or or flickering screens and and software corruption which can lead to “Config Do Not Takeoff” messages For units under Collins Collins 5-year warranty Collins Collins will install this SB at at no charge for materials and labor Once units fall out of of of warranty the the the cost of of of installation will become the the the responsibility of of of the the the owner Collins warranty coverage under this SB also expires May 31 2022 This SB was installed in in in in Collins AFD production at at serial number 4C093D and after The cut in in in in in for Textron aircraft production installation of SB 3 3 3 AFDs was LJ-2140 and and and and and and after after after after BY-302 and and and and and and after after after after BZ-2 and and and and and and after after after after after FL-1106 and and and and and and after after after after after and and and and and and FM-73 and and and and and and after after after If you have have had an an an an an an an AFD AFD replaced recently any exchange AFDs from Collins would also have have the the SB complied with If your AFD AFD serial number is prior to the the the production cut in in in you you you can verify your compliance by inspecting the the AFD dataplate If If this SB has been complied with MODS block 3 will be be marked out as as as shown above If If your AFDs require this modification please schedule them in advance through your service center as as the the the current turn time is is about 10
days once the the AFD is is received by Collins Unscheduled requests for the the modification could take longer if if the the back- log is high ATA 34 - - L-3 ACSS TAWS+ Computer Database Memory Limitation
We have been notified by Aviation Com- munications and Surveillance Systems (ACSS) that database size has grown significantly in recent years The 9000000-85006 TAWS+ computer installed in in in in in many Pro Line 21 and Fusion equipped King Airs is is nearing its memory capacity The date
or or or database revision cycle where the the current memory limit will be be reached has not yet been defined but after the the the release of of database cycle 041 there will only be be 1 1 1 1 1 1 MB of of free memory remaining When this limit is is reached you will no longer be able to update the the the databases in the the the TAWS+ unit The system will still operate normally on the the the last database database loaded however new obstacles and airport data data would not be up to date
in the unit This could OCTOBER 2018
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