Comprehensive Functionality

Use the reliable record of flight times to plan your maintenance and usage, whilst your family can have peace-of-mind whilst you're flying that your last position is always known. Further, you are contactable in any event, and can also let them know of any changes to your schedule.

Safety

Absolute knowledge of the whereabouts of an aircraft is essential for the safety of the passengers and crew. This is particularly true in the event of an accident, where the immediate evacuation of injured people is critical. The Indigo One's position-reporting capability removes the "Search" from "Search and Rescue". The unit is equipped with an Alert Button, which, when deployed, will immediately send the aircraft's position and emergency situation to the concerned parties.

Position and Operational Reports

The Indigo One system transmits periodic messages containing time, longitude, latitude, speed, altitude and bearing, and these can be customized to report at intervals of 1 minute or more.

In addition, one can receive notification of events such as Master On, Engine On, Blocks Off, Takeoff, Landing, Blocks On, Engine Off, Master Off, Low Battery, Hard-Landing, Excess-G and Pilot In Command - all with to-the-second precision.

Coverage

The Inmarsat satellite constellation provides reliable coverage between 78°N and 78°S, day and night, 365 days a year. This enables accurate tracking of the aircraft when out of radar coverage.

The Indigo One is designed to operate up to 55,000ft, and at speeds of up to 0.96 Mach.

Communication

The Indigo One system uses the new Inmarsat D2 satellite service to provide large SMS message capability between the aircraft and ground. The crew can build and send text messages from the aircraft using a simple "dial-and-click" interface to advise the Ops center of information such as ETA, weather conditions and fuel requirements at intermediate destinations. Similarly, the Ops Center can advise the crew of airfield conditions or changes, passenger requirements or additional routings. All messaging is recorded and can be reviewed at a later date, if necessary.

Operation Costs

As the frequency of position reporting can be selected by the operator, the cost of messaging can be significantly reduced in many circumstances. A flight school, for example, may wish to send position reports whilst the aircraft has left the circuit, but not whilst a student is doing "touch and go's". However, whether the position report is sent or not, all positions are recorded in the unit's Data Logger every second.

Data Logger

The system continuously and permanently stores GPS position information every second. This can be recovered later for review simply by inserting a USB memory stick into the unit for an immediate download. This data can be used to review IFR approaches, the spray area of agricultural aircraft, and has countless other applications, including Flight Data Analysis.

Installation

The Indigo One is an aviation-standard 6¼" unit that slips easily into the avionics stack or the center console of any aircraft, and the antenna/transceiver module is crafted to unobtrusively fit onto the roof of most aircraft. The entire kit weighs less than 1.5kgs.

Certification

Indigo One is Australian-manufactured and CASA-approved for aviation use, and is certified as non-essential equipment. The system is manufactured under an APMA, and can be installed under a number of Supplemental Type Certificates. Ongoing certification will ensure compatability with most types of aircraft, from airline jets to simple training aircraft.

Customized Flexibility

The installation of the Indigo One can be customised to pick up on additional aircraft inputs, such as weight-on-wheels etc. The Indigo One can also provide GPS output to applications such as an Electronic Flight Bag.