Vertical Power 400/400DUO

• Runway Seeker™ technology that calculates, in real time, the glide path to every runway within gliding range. It takes into account terrain, obstacles, winds aloft, surface winds (with optional ADS-B transceiver), runway length, facilities at the airport, and a variety of other factors to determine the best runway to land. The nearest airport is not necessarily the best airport.


• WAAS GPS receiver. Through a series of pilot interviews and focus groups, Vertical Power determined that because the VP-400 is a backup instrument, it is likely that the pilot will not keep the baro altitude set accurately, or be unable to update it reliably to the local altimeter setting at the time of an emergency. Therefore, the best way to provide accurate altitude information under these conditions is with the built-in WAAS GPS receiver.


• (VP-400 only) Integrated Electronic Circuit Breaker (ECB) system with trim and flap control. The VP-400 can control the flaps to manage aircraft energy during an emergency descent. By using a combination of pitch and roll control via the autopilot and deploying the flaps automatically via the electronic circuit breaker system, the Runway Seeker can ensure the aircraft arrives at the runway on heading, airspeed and altitude. The use of ECBs increases the reliability of the electrical system, reduces weight, and simplifies wiring.


 

The system automatically engages the autopilot to fly the glide path to the runway, leaving you free to focus on emergency procedures and talk to controllers. It sets the correct airspeed and even controls your flaps to manage energy during the descent so you arrive at the runway threshold on-speed, on-heading, on-altitude, and ready to land. Descent paths are calculated to be clear of known terrain and obstacles. When over the threshold, manually disconnect the Runway Seeker and land the airplane. The Runway Seeker is for emergency use only, and should not be used in place of normal published instrument approaches or VFR traffic pattern procedures.

• 2D and 3D highway-in-the sky path to the best landing runway


• High-resolution synthetic vision display


• Airspeed, GPS altitude, magnetic heading, winds


• Calculated glide path to selected airport


• The probability of a successful landing is predicted based on terrain, obstacles, winds aloft, surface winds (with optional ADS-B receiver), runway length and width, facilities at the airport, and a variety of other factors. Each airport icon is colored to show the likelihood of a successful power-off landing at that airport. A green airport icon means a successful power-off landing is likely, and a red airport icon means it is unlikely that you can glide-to-land there. Airport icons are shown in shades of color between red and green


• Aircraft energy meter shows your ability to glide to the airport, based on current conditions


• Quick-reference airport data for the selected airport (touch to expand)


• Surface winds at the selected airport (with optional ADS-B integration)


• Automatic zooming to glide range or to the selected airport. Manual zooming using the rotary knob.


• Prop feathered and prop flat glide ranges. Terrain outside of the glide range is blacked out, as it is not relevant to a glide-only solution.


• Terrain shading, runways and obstacles


 

• Electrical system diagram


• A list of electrical devices, including individual current draw and on/off status