Story ID: 408 EuroTec
EuroTec Offers Innovative Aftermarket Solutions
By: Mark Huber
Caption: Helicopter MRO EuroTec offers new avionics, battery, and camera installations.
Word Count: 253
EuroTec Vertical Flight Solutions (Booth B424) is making new avionics installations available, including one of the first Garmin G500H TXi 10.6-inch LCD touchscreen displays in a VIP-configured Airbus Helicopters EC130B4. The G500H TXi displays glass cockpit instrumentation on 10.6-inch and 7-inch LCD touchscreens, with the 10.6-inch horizontal format able to accommodate primary flight display (PFD) information and a multifunction display (MFD) side-by-side within the same unit. EuroTec offers retrofit options for a range of legacy G500H-equipped helicopters, including the Airbus AS350 series and the EC130B4/T2 series. 

Separately, EuroTec has received STC approval for installation of the True Blue Power TB17 lithium-ion battery in the Airbus H130/EC130B4. The battery offers increased power, reduced weight, extended useful life, two-year maintenance intervals, and lower direct operating costs. The battery is 17.5 pounds lighter than Ni-Cad alternatives and 25 pounds lighter than lead-acid options. The TB17 contains a “smart pack” to protect against overcharge, over-discharge, over-current, short circuit, over-temperature, and under-temperature conditions. 

Meanwhile, EuroTec and subsidiary EuroTec Canada also will conduct the first North American installation of the compact Shotover B1 camera system in a pair of Airbus H125s. The B1 is a lightweight, gyro-stabilized, gimbal-stabilized platform that features six-axis technology and is designed to meet the needs of a range of helicopters, including Airbus AS350, Robinson R44 and R66, Bell 206 and 505, and Cabri G2. 

EuroTec provides sales, completion, MRO, and technology development services from its facilities in Kansas City and Toronto.