Piper Aircraft has adopted the Garmin G1000 avionics suite as standard equipment in new Piper Seneca V light twin.
The announcement was made yesterday at the Avalon air show.
In making the announcement, Piper Director of Marketing and Communications Jackie Carlon said, "The Garmin G1000 avionics suite is now on all of our M-Class and Twin-Class aircraft. The G1000 with three-displays standard in the Seneca V now gives pilots abundant flight-critical data that provides exceptional situational awareness and that will contribute to safer flying."
The G1000-equipped Seneca V includes dual 10" PFDs, single 10" MFD, dual GIA63W NAV/COM/GPS, S-TEC 55X autopilot with altitude pre-select, Attitude and Heading Reference System (AHRS), Air Data Computer (ADC), Dual IFR Enroute/Approach and WAAS Certified GPS, Electronic Engine Indication System (EIS), Garmin FliteCharts, SafeTaxi, GMA1347 Audio Panel, GTX 33 Mode S Transponder, Traffic Information Systems (TIS), and Aspen Standby System (EFD-100).
The new Seneca panel is signifcant in its use of an Aspen systems for instrument redundancy. According to Carlon, the change away from the traditional round-dial back-up was done because the old gauges are becoming less prevalent, and therefore more expensive to obtain.