MTrax Maintenance Tracking Version 2.0
Keeping close tabs on your aircraft’s maintenance is a top priority. Tdata computerized the solution to this problem by developing MTrax, a maintenance
tracking program. Now the company has released version 2.0 of MTrax.
With just one license, owners and operators can track an unlimited number
of aircraft. Functionally, MTrax keeps an eye on ADs, service information,
life-limited components, inspections, overhauls, and even publications.
It can meter its tracking on hours, cycles, RIN and/or date. The program’s
structure meets FAA record-keeping requirements, and MTrax
can produce reports based on due lists, summary lists, maintenance status, and full detail reports. For security’s sake, MTrax
Autobackup function creates a complete, verified time-stamped
backup of files every time they are accessed. When autobackup
files are opened, the work can be seen at different points in the
past, before changes were made. Details about MTrax 2.0 can be
found at
www.Tdata.com.
AMETEK Fuel Gauging System
Accurate fuel gauging is an absolute must in aircraft. Unlike a car, you just can’t pull
a helicopter “off to the side of the sky” when the fuel runs out. This is why Carson
Helicopters’ Sikorsky S-61 cockpit/avionics upgrade, which was just approved by the
FAA and Transport Canada via a supplemental type certificate (STC), includes an
AMETEK fuel gauging system. Unlike older passive probe systems, AMETEK’s uses
active capacitance probes, fuel quantity signal conditioners, low-level sensors, high-level sensors and pressure transducers to provide accurate fuel measurement. The
AMETEK fuel quantity signal conditioner processes signals from active fuel probes
located in the tanks. It calculates fuel contents, and produces 0– 5 VDC outputs for
the cockpit display system. For accuracy, each tank has an independent signal conditioner. The forward and aft tank systems include an independent low-fuel level warning function. The AMETEK system is made by
AMETEK Aerospace & Defense. For further information:
www.ametekaerodefense.com.
Merlin S333 AATD Simulator
Merlin Simulation has just delivered its first Sikorsky S333 Pro Series AATD flight
simulator to Rotors of the Rockies—a flight school based at Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport in Broomfield, Colo. The new S333 simulator offers “new generation’”
features such as advanced technology, superior visual imagery, and true flight modeling that was previously only available in high-end flight training devices. According to
Merlin, the S333 simulator offers a nearly 180-degree field of view using high resolution graphics; high fidelity cockpit and systems replication, including engine start up
and shut down with all of the associated malfunctions; and an easy-to-use instructor
station with record/playback functions. The S333 also has a Garmin 530 GPS/Nav/
Comm moving map display. All told, this AATD provides students with a realistic and
