Autonomi is Garmin’s smart autonomous tech for GA airplanes and among other features includes emergency Autoland, and now a trickle-down feature called Smart Glide. During an engine power loss, Smart Glide is designed to navigate to the most suitable airfield after the pilot activates the function with a panel-mounted switch or with the Direct-To button on Garmin’s GTN TXi navigator. If you can’t make the airport, it will tell you, and when coupled to an autopilot, it will pitch to the best-glide airspeed and fly to the runway environment. It’s Garmin’s major announcement at AirVenture 2021 at Oshkosh and in this video Garmin’s Kyle Ludwick gives an overview.
Garmin Smart Glide Debuts At AirVenture
Key Takeaways:
- Garmin's Smart Glide is a new autonomous safety feature for general aviation aircraft, derived from its Autonomi system.
- Activated during an engine power loss, it automatically navigates the aircraft to the most suitable airfield, alerting the pilot if an airport is unreachable.
- When coupled with an autopilot, Smart Glide pitches the aircraft to its best-glide airspeed and guides it toward the runway environment.
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