Lightning Technologies, Inc. (LTI) with Stoddard-Hamilton Aircraft, Inc. (SHA) proposes to provide an innovative test bed airplane for testing and integrating emerging advanced GA cockpit technologies to enable safe operation in adverse electromagnetic environments associated with lightning strikes, static electricity and high intensity radiated fields (HIRF). The overall goal is to accomplish this integration at a cost affordable by the manufacturers of small airplanes and which is substantially less than that presently being expended by the larger general aviation manufacturers to achieve FAA certification of advanced technology cockpit avionics, including multi-function displays (EFIS, EICAS) and autopilots. Phase I includes flight tests near a known HIRF emitter for feasibility evaluations. Phase II includes integration and verification of advanced avionics in the test bed airplane. The advanced cockpit will be installed in the lightning-protected Glasair III (Glasair III-LP) designed and built by SHA under NASA SBIR 03.02.8533.Enables safe application of new technology avionics in small airplanes and certification to FAA Part 23 regulations, industry-wide. LTI can provide economical avionics integration services including design assistance, training, inspection and test. SHA can integrate advanced cockpit technology into its line of composite airplanes and secure Part 23 certification and sales to the GA market. Other manufacturers can take advantage of the System Integration Handbook to surmount present cost obstacles to use of IFR/IMC avionics.General Aviation, Integration, Cockpits, Avionics, Lightning, HIRF
