CAN in a single engine aircraft
Source: CAN Newsletter December 2003
Bombardier Recreational Products Division has introduced its V220 and V300T aircraft engines with the CANaerospace/Agate CAN-based proprietary higher-layer protocol. The bus protocol, originally developed by Stock Flight Systems in Germany, has been standardized by NASA as a next generation general aviation bus within the Advanced General Aviation Experiments (Agate) program in 2001. The protocol is used as a distributed avionics system network in single engine aircraft used by the NASA Langley Research Center for the SATS (Small Aircraft Transportation System) program and in other applications.
The fuel-injected, water-cooled, 120-degree V-6 engine line has a single overhead camshaft. A dual redundant electronic engine control unit provides true single-lever control of throttle, prop and mixture setting. Adaptive knock controlling allows the engine to sense the fuel and adjust the engine timing accordingly. Additionally, the engine control unit can be programmed with updated engine parameters and records maintenance data.
