Thinking About Avionics ? a Busy Year at Avcraft Engineering NZ Ltd
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Supply and Maintenance Supplement Feature KiwiFlyer Thinking about Avionics ? A busy year at Avcraft Engineering NZ Ltd. with STCs covering 2016 has been another year of growth for Avcraft Engineering side of the business with many LED Landing, Taxi and Strobe 562 models ! NZ Ltd. The company has a policy of ‘continual progress’, and Light installations, Mid-Continent USB Power Outlets, GAMI Fuel NEW G5 Engineering Manager Mat Bailey says that “further significant Injectors, Electroair Electronic Ignition Systems, APM Strakes and investment has been made in tooling, training and staff ensuring STOL kits fitted. G5 the Avcraft team is always ready to Avcraft have recently upgraded their provide world-class support for your pressurisation rig to the latest Tronair Replaces traditional aircraft, regardless of make or model, or Cabin Pressure Unit. This rig can perform attitude indicator maintenance required.” full pressurisation tests, leak checks and or turn coordinator Avcraft’s list of services and fault finding on all small to medium accreditations is long. From Rotax pressurised aircraft saving considerable Fits std 3-1/8” mount powered microlights to jets, Mat says the time and costs. 4 hr battery backup Avcraft team has the experience, capability Avcraft are also New Zealand’s only * and tooling to support all your needs, approved Pilatus and Cirrus Aircraft $2149 excluding installation covering all of the following and more: Service Centres. The company has the technical data, specialised tooling and A typical day in the Avcraft hangar. • Scheduled Maintenance factory training to ensure maintenance • Maintenance Control and Tracking on these high-spec aircraft is performed • Sheetmetal repairs and rebuilds correctly and with full factory support. As G500/600 • Composite repairs Mat says, “Why risk taking your aircraft Garmin’s Integrated Flight WE DO IT ALL • Insurance repairs anywhere else? We’ve got a tremendous Display with Optional SVT • Corrosion and paint repairs amount of experience, capability and Avionics Installations • Full strip and repaint knowledge here at Avcraft. Anyone leaving Installed • Fabric repairs from simple patches to an aircraft with us can be assured their from $19551* 24 month Inspections complete recovering asset is in good hands.” • Pressurisation System testing, fault finding Avionics Repairs and repairs Central Location • Battery Capacity Testing Being located at Feilding Aerodrome Cessna 402B full strip and repaint in progress. • Scheduled Avionics Inspections where there are no landing fees makes GTN-750 • Avionics installations Avcraft readily accessible from North and Garmin’s all in one GPS/ • Electrical Load Analysis South Islands. Mat says a large number of Nav/Com Transceiver with • GPS IFR Approvals regular customers fly down from Auckland internal Datacard DEALERS FOR • RNP Approvals and documentation support or up from the South Island, adding, • ADS-B Out Approvals “We have a courtesy car available, and Installed Garmin • Electrical, Instrument and Avionics repairs reduced rates at local motels if you want from $16893* • Cirrus Aircraft Service Center to overnight. We also offer a pickup and • Pilatus Aircraft Service Center delivery service for your aircraft to keep it Bendix King hassle free.” A 24/7 Breakdown Service is * Please note all prices A year in review also available New Zealand wide. are in USD at time of print, L-3 Communications This year has seen Avcraft perform a excluding GST, freight Electroair Electronic Ignition System fitted to turbocharged and Customs charges. steady stream of Garmin and Bendix King Continental. The first fitted to a Cessna 402B worldwide! Foreign aircraft support Mid-Continent installations into many different types With CASA and FAA Licensed of aircraft. The Garmin GTN650 and Engineers, Avcraft can also support US GTN-650 GTN750 have been big sellers combined and Australian registered aircraft for Garmin’s all in one GPS/ with ADS-B out installations of Bendix Scheduled Maintenance, Repairs and Nav/Com Transceiver with King and Garmin Transponders Breakdown Support. US and Australian internal Datacard Call us today for your Avcraft have the new Garmin G5 Certificates of Airworthiness and Export Installed from $11743* Electronic Flight Instrument in stock Certificates of Airworthiness can be issued installation estimate now and ready for immediate installation. locally. Avcraft have the experience and GTX-335/345 This unit is incredible and expected to be licence coverage to provide a full range Garmin’s ADS-B Out a very popular and cost effective solution of services to those operating foreign Transponder with optional to replace those old gyro horizons. An registered aircraft in New Zealand. inbuilt WAAS Receiver and added bonus is the built in 4-hour backup Tronair Cabin Pressurisation Unit being used to fault find ADS-B In from $3295* pressurisation system in a King Air 300LW. battery. Anyone flying night VFR or IMC really needs to consider the safety benefits of the new Garmin G5 For more information KT-74 P: 06 212 0920 in addition to their vacuum gyro instruments or as a stand-alone Call Mat or one of the team at Avcraft on 06 212 0920, email: Bendix-King’s ADS-B Out installation. [email protected] or drop in to the hangar at Feilding Aerodrome Transponder from $3749* E: [email protected] The company has also seen a large increase in the modifications and discuss your maintenance needs. 36 KiwiFlyer Magazine Issue 48 www.kiwiflyer.co.nz We are here to help ! www.avcraft.co.nz Supply and Maintenance Supplement Feature KiwiFlyer Central Aero Engineering: “Here to Help” Central Aero Electrical Limited THERE’S no question that Waikato based aircraft operators who after a chip plug activation led the team to a turbine bearing failure. NEXT door to Central Aero Engineering is Central Aero Electrical have interesting aircraft and seek fair-value maintenance seem to Central Aero removed and refitted the engine which was repaired Ltd. Owner Martin Ross and his team of two have a reputation gravitate towards Central Aero Engineering at Hamilton Airport. by Airwork at Ardmore. Home-built Safari helicopters are also which Martin modestly describes as being, “handy people – we’re The company has a very often seen for inspections and good at twisting our minds around unusual problems and designs”. wide range of aircraft on its routine maintenance, Central Evidence of this was on the workshop bench when KiwiFlyer books and aside from routine Aero having developed a lot visited. Among other repair and overhaul work was a fuel sender maintenance will inevitably of familiarity with the type. unit, a low rotor rpm unit, and an expensive GPU potentially have one or two ‘projects’ on At the other end of the scale, rendered obsolete due to a problem on a circuit board. Martin says the go in their hangar at any an AirCommand autogyro they can often help save a lot of money when replacement is the one time. Owner and licensed recently appeared with a only other apparent option. One of his frustrations is the increasing engineer Paul Waterhouse says seized Rotax engine – traced number of modern parts which suppliers are engineering to be that’s because his small team to having previously had return-to-base for all maintenance – so they are working with a derives a lot of satisfaction incorrect pistons fitted by a Design Organisation on STCs to enable much cheaper and faster from taking on unusual or prior owner. local options for operators. difficult jobs and delivering Central Aero Electrical has a comprehensive range of diagnostic great results. Plus, he says Services and Capabilities equipment and a large test bench that will handle up to 12 cylinder that because overheads are Central Aero Licensed magnetos. Capabilities cover a good range of piston engine starter/ comparatively low for the level Engineers Paul, Steve, Kanda generator, control unit rectification and overhaul work, along Delivering Avionics expertise to the greater Waikato and beyond of equipment and experience and Hamish have a great deal with the 500 hour requirement for magnetos. Mechanical actuator New installations, biennial inspections, faults and maintenance they can provide, costs can be of experience from which to overhauls for various rotary and fixed wing types are a regular job Fixed wing and Rotary aircraft maintained at an affordable tackle most jobs regardless of as Martin’s collection of manuals grows. Operators may find that First run of Heliworx’ JetRanger after a turbine refit following bearing replacement. Avionics and Aircraft LAME level. That’s an especially how unusual or difficult they other potential overhaul facilities can’t undertake this work due to Call us to discuss your Authorised inspector important consideration for might be. not having necessary documentation. They should contact Martin Avionics requirements their large number of private Central Aero services who might be able to help. Contact: Adam (Sammy) Seumanutafa and recreational flying clients cover everything from Turbine electrical components also frequently pass through the E: [email protected] P: 022 636 6573 – and an added bonus for pre-purchase inspections shop, including starter/generator overhaul work for Pacific Island Steele Road, Hamilton Airport Smokefree Avionics Experts the numerous commercial worldwide, shipping container companies. operators whose aircraft handling, CoA preparation Central Aero Electrical stocks a variety of parts for re-sale Central Aero also care for. and issue, airworthiness including starters, batteries, alternators, strobe units, starter reviews, maintenance, repair generators, GCUs, voltage regulators, ignition switches, and HT What’s been happening Central Aero have become specialists in balloon inspections and maintenance. and restoration of all flying ignition harnesses. Various exchange items are available. And Recent hangar diversity has machines, 24 month avionics Martin continues to build relationships directly with component included a Glasair III, Piel checks (including mode S suppliers, allowing him to purchase direct and bypass the aircraft Emeraude, and GA8 Airvan transponder testing), dynamic manufacturer’s mark-up.