{"id":33343,"date":"2021-07-27T12:53:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-27T16:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/?p=33343"},"modified":"2021-07-20T14:58:24","modified_gmt":"2021-07-20T18:58:24","slug":"garmin-autopilot-protects-bell-505-helicopter-pilots-and-passengers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/2021\/07\/27\/garmin-autopilot-protects-bell-505-helicopter-pilots-and-passengers\/","title":{"rendered":"Garmin autopilot protects Bell 505 helicopter pilots and passengers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Readers of this blog will have noticed that I&#8217;ve always got my panties in a twist regarding how dumb human-scale helicopters are compared to $500 DJI drones. A bit of untwisting from Garmin:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Garmin today announced that the GFC\u2122 600H flight control system has received Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) approval for installation on the Bell 505 helicopter, &#8230; The GFC 600H provides a number of helicopter-tailored safety features, including attitude hold with speed stability, the innovative hover assist mode, Garmin Helicopter Electronic Stability and Protection (H-ESP\u2122), dedicated return-to-level (LVL) mode, as well as overspeed and low-speed protection, and more.<\/p><p>&#8230; automatic altitude leveling airspeed and low G protection.<\/p><p>Thanks to the innovative hover assist mode, the system can also automatically detect a hover condition and allows for flight control inputs to help maintain position over the ground. In addition, when equipped with the optional yaw axis control, the GFC 600H can hold heading in hover.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>In other words, with this system installed an airplane pilot can hover a helicopter without any training!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Related:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/2021\/02\/10\/kobe-bryant-crash-ntsb-says-that-it-was-all-the-pilots-fault\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"31185\">Kobe Bryant crash: NTSB says that it was all the pilot\u2019s fault<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/2019\/07\/12\/new-york-helicopter-crash-why-not-robot-intelligence\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"23588\">New York helicopter crash: why not robot intelligence?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/flying\/bell-505\/review\">my Bell 505 review<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Readers of this blog will have noticed that I&#8217;ve always got my panties in a twist regarding how dumb human-scale helicopters are compared to $500 DJI drones. 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