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Stratomaster Ultra Horizon XL Owner's manual
Stratomaster Ultra Horizon XL
This document is intended for the Ultra Horizon XL instrument panel as
stand-alone or dual panel, with or without engine monitoring.
Owner's Manual
&
Installation guide
MGL Avionics
distributed by DELTA OMEGA
E-mail: info@delta-omega.com
Web: http://www.stratomaster.eu
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  • Page 1 MGL Avionics Stratomaster Ultra Horizon XL Owner’s manual Stratomaster Ultra Horizon XL This document is intended for the Ultra Horizon XL instrument panel as stand-alone or dual panel, with or without engine monitoring. Owner's Manual & Installation guide MGL Avionics distributed by DELTA OMEGA E-mail: info@delta-omega.com...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    IL PRESSURE SENDER INPUT ........................... 11 TEMPERATURE SENDER INPUTS ........................11 HERMOCOUPLE TEMPERATURE SENDER INPUTS ................................. 12 OWER SUPPLY THE STRATOMASTER ULTRA HORIZON XL FEATURES AND FUNCTIONS.......... 13 ..............................13 ASIC SYSTEM FUNCTIONS RDAC EMS ..............................13 FUNCTIONS AHRS ............................14 AND COMPASS FUNCTIONS ..................................
  • Page 3 MGL Avionics Stratomaster Ultra Horizon XL Owner’s manual MODE AND UNITS SETUP .......................... 22 Altitude display units ......................22 Local pressure units ......................22 Distance/Speed units......................22 Fuel quantity units........................23 Temperature units........................23 Oil Pressure units ........................23 MAP Pressure units ......................23 Start of flight detect......................23 Air distance reset .........................23...
  • Page 4 MGL Avionics Stratomaster Ultra Horizon XL Owner’s manual Tank mode:… ........................31 Range calculation mode… ....................31 CHT Thermocouple ......................32 Coolant temperature probe....................32 Oil Temperature probe ......................32 Oil pressure sender ......................32 Oil pressure max........................32 Pressure resistance… ......................32 Fuel pressure range ......................32 Fuel pressure port........................32 912/914 CHT type........................33...
  • Page 5 DISCLAIMER ..............................64 INSTALLATION MANUAL FOR THE STRATOMASTER ULTRA “H” ............66 .................................. 66 NTRODUCTION THE ULTRA HORIZON XL REAR PANEL ....................67 Rear panel connections and items: ..................67 CONNECTIONS TO THE ULTRA......................... 68 Power to the Ultra ........................68 Ambient temperature sender ....................69 External, visual alarm indicator....................69...

  • Page 6: The Stratomaster Ultra Horizon Xl

    3) Stratomaster Ultra HL and HX 4) Stratomaster Ultra RL (Rotorcraft). The Ultra Horizon XL is a fully user configurable panel that can be used as primary flight instrumentation display, engine monitor or both. The Ultra provides two display pages, each page can be configured by the user, choosing from a selection of more than 50 instruments and display items.
  • Page 7 Two Ultra panels may be connected to each other in a cockpit allowing Pilot/Co-Pilot displays providing redundancy in case of failure. The Ultra Horizon XL can be connected to the following sensor sources: RDAC A four channel thermocouple engine monitor...

  • Page 8: Typical Installation Options

    MGL Avionics Stratomaster Ultra Horizon XL Owner’s manual Typical installation options The above picture shows a typical single panel installation with an RDAC X engine monitor and SP-x compass or IMU sensor package. Both RDAC and SP-x sensor package are optional components, although most installations make use of the RDAC engine monitoring system.
  • Page 9 MGL Avionics Stratomaster Ultra Horizon XL Owner’s manual The above picture shows a dual panel setup. Two identical Ultra panels are used. The left panel is configured as master (setup in the mode menu) and the right panel is the slave.

  • Page 10: Specifications

    MGL Avionics Stratomaster Ultra Horizon XL Owner’s manual SPECIFICATIONS General specifications Ultra Display unit: Size: 202x135 mm. Mounting depth 95mm (including connectors and wiring). Panel cutout 196x122 mm. Weight: 980 grams. Excluding external senders, including RDAC unit. Power supply requirements: 12V DC nominal. Range 6.5V DC to 28V DC. Internally protected to 33 V DC.

  • Page 11: Airspeed Indicator

    Accuracy: +/- 0.0005% + resolution. Fuel flow sender input Accuracy of measurement is +/-0.05% subject to accuracy of fuel flow sender used. Example sender is MGL Avionics dual range fuel flow sender: +/- 3% uncalibrated, typically less than 1% calibrated. Fuel level sender inputs Intended for use with resistive fuel level probes.

  • Page 12: Power Supply

    MGL Avionics Stratomaster Ultra Horizon XL Owner’s manual employed features full, accurate cold junction compensation and bow voltage correction. The system is further highly immune to received EMI from high powered radio transmitters. Power supply The Stratomaster Ultra unit is optimized and intended for operation on a 12V DC supply such as a motorcycle battery.

  • Page 13: The Stratomaster Ultra Horizon Xl Features And Functions

    MGL Avionics Stratomaster Ultra Horizon XL Owner’s manual The Stratomaster Ultra Horizon XL features and functions Basic system functions • Altitude to 40 000 ft (12 195 m) calibrated, 1ft dynamic resolution • Airspeed ASI analog and digital, TAS digital •...

  • Page 14: Ahrs And Compass Functions

    MGL Avionics Stratomaster Ultra Horizon XL Owner’s manual • Universal rev counter input. Can be used on a wide variety of engines using a variety of interface methods. • Fuel flow sender input. Can be used with most commercial liquid flow senders.
  • Page 15 MGL Avionics Stratomaster Ultra Horizon XL Owner’s manual • Date (DD/MM) of take-off • Take-off time. • Flight time. Displayed in either hours and minutes or hours and fraction of hours depending on setup. • Highest altitude reached (In ft or meters depending on setup) •...

  • Page 16: The Ultra Horizon Xl Menus

    MGL Avionics Stratomaster Ultra Horizon XL Owner’s manual The Ultra Horizon XL menus Nearlt all of the Ultra Horizons functions are accessed via menus. The menus are easily navigated. Press Menu from any of the two main display pages to enter the “Main Menu”. From here you have access to several functions and three sub menus.

  • Page 17: The Main Menu

    Avionics (download from the website www.MGLAvionics.co.za). The log can be downloaded by direct cable connection using an airtalk to PC cable or you can use a MGL Avionics flight log download key device to transfer flight log data from your aircraft to your PC at home.

  • Page 18: Fuel Level Calc

    MGL Avionics Stratomaster Ultra Horizon XL Owner’s manual The range calculator defaults to your current TAS (true airspeed) as shown on the airspeed indicator face (bottom right corner). This agrees with the range calculation as shown if you have a range display enabled.

  • Page 19: Using The Takeoff Distance Measurement Function

    MGL Avionics Stratomaster Ultra Horizon XL Owner’s manual This interesting function will measure your takeoff distance based on the distance you have traveled through a body of air to the point where your altitude is 50 ft higher then at the point you started.

  • Page 20: Aircraft Setup

    MGL Avionics Stratomaster Ultra Horizon XL Owner’s manual Aircraft setup The following items are setup under the Aircraft setup: a) Date and time for the built in clock b) Hobbs meter pre-set c) Maintenance meter a) Aircraft registration number Date and time Date and time is used for your flight log.

  • Page 21: System Setup

    MGL Avionics Stratomaster Ultra Horizon XL Owner’s manual Symbols: ! " # $ % & ' ( ) * + , . - . / : ; < = > ? @ [ ¥ ] ^ _ ` { | } ? System setup The system setup menu is the largest of the menu systems in the Stratomaster Ultra.

  • Page 22: Sender Setup Menu

    MGL Avionics Stratomaster Ultra Horizon XL Owner’s manual Sender setup menu Here you can select various types of senders for your engine monitoring and customize sender usage. Fuel tank/level sender 1 Here you set the fuel tank size for tank 1. You also calibrate the fuel level sender for tank 1 here (if used).

  • Page 23: Fuel Quantity Units

    MGL Avionics Stratomaster Ultra Horizon XL Owner’s manual Fuel quantity units Select if you want fuel quantity displayed in liters, imperial gallons, U.S. gallons, Kilograms or lbs. This setting also influences the fuel flow display. Temperature units Select if you would like temperature displayed in degrees Fahrenheit or Celsius. This setting influences all temperature displays such as ambient, water or oil, EGT, CHT etc.

  • Page 24: Flight Log Rpm Trigger (Take-Off Rpm)

    MGL Avionics Stratomaster Ultra Horizon XL Owner’s manual Flight log RPM Trigger (Take-off RPM) This is the rev limit to use for automatic take-off detection. Take-off detection is relevant for the automatic logbook. The instrument uses a combination of take-off revs exceeded and airspeed above 30 mph (48 kph or 26 knots) to detect the start of the flight.

  • Page 25: Move Display Items

    Previous item You can also use the Windows based Ultra Horizon XL panel design program to design your panels and download them to your Ultra using a PC to airtalk cable. This program is a free download from the MGL Avionics website. Airtalk cables are a low cost option for your Ultra and are available with RS232 or USB interface.

  • Page 26: Primary Flight Selection

    MGL Avionics Stratomaster Ultra Horizon XL Owner’s manual function. Your list may vary slightly from the list presented here as we may add additional display items in future versions. To change any item, move the highlight to the item using the “Next” and “Prev” buttons, then use “Select”...

  • Page 27: Engine Type Quick Select

    MGL Avionics Stratomaster Ultra Horizon XL Owner’s manual Engine type quick select This function allows you to setup a basic engine monitoring system most suitable for your engine. Once you have made your selection, go into the engine detail setup menu to change any settings as required for your engine.

  • Page 28: Rotor Pulses/10 Revs

    MGL Avionics Stratomaster Ultra Horizon XL Owner’s manual Rotor pulses/10 revs: Enter the number of pulses your rotor speed pickup sensor will create for 10 full revolutions. If your setup will create a single pulse per revolution, enter the value 10. Gyro aircraft will often use a geartooth sensor on the prerotation gear.

  • Page 29: Cht Alarm Limit

    MGL Avionics Stratomaster Ultra Horizon XL Owner’s manual The CHT display will change size as you add or remove channels. Should you require a large number of channels but do not have sufficient display size, you can choose a more compact scanning display using the “Move screen items”...

  • Page 30: Alarm Enable Setup Menu

    Stratomaster Ultra Horizon XL Owner’s manual Alarm enable setup menu This menu controls the individual alarms in the Ultra Horizon XL system You can enable or disable each alarm source as you require for your application. A disabled alarm will never activate, regardless of condition.

  • Page 31: Sender Setup Menu

    MGL Avionics Stratomaster Ultra Horizon XL Owner’s manual Sender setup menu The sender setup selection menu is used to select the type of senders you have connected. Flow sender type Select if you have a turbine type flow sender connected or are using the fuel injection system monitor to obtain fuel flow information.

  • Page 32: Cht Thermocouple

    Range and endurance calculation requires a fuel flow sender. CHT Thermocouple CHT senders supplied by MGL Avionics are K-types. Some CHT senders from other manufacturers are J-types. The characteristics of J and K types are different so it is important that you select the correct thermocouple type.

  • Page 33: 912/914 Cht Type

    Other probes cannot be used. NTC probes are the most common types. The MGL precision temperature probe MGL Avionics manufactures a precision temperature probe based on an accurate and well proven semiconductor chip. This sender is more expensive compared to the ordinary automotive senders used in standard applications but offers outstanding accuracy and as additional advantage is completely electrically isolated from the engine it is fitted to.

  • Page 34: Fuel Tank/Level Sender Setup 1 And 2

    MGL Avionics Stratomaster Ultra Horizon XL Owner’s manual Fuel tank/level sender setup 1 and 2 This function is used to setup and calibrate you fuel level sender(s). You would use this function partially even if you do not have a fuel level sender installed but are using a fuel flow sender.

  • Page 35: Notes On Slope Error

    MGL Avionics Stratomaster Ultra Horizon XL Owner’s manual This is now the “level sender reading at 0 Lt” position. Move the highlight to this position and wait until the sender reading has stabilized (You will see the sender reading at the top line).

  • Page 36: Calibration Menu

    MGL Avionics Stratomaster Ultra Horizon XL Owner’s manual Calibration Menu The calibration menu contains functions to calibrate important sensors. Airspeed calibration This function is used to calibrate the airspeed reading. It works in % relative to a nominal value. Your calibration certificate will give you the setting required for correct reading if no external airflow factors are present.

  • Page 37: Reset Asi And Vsi To Zero

    MGL Avionics Stratomaster Ultra Horizon XL Owner’s manual Continue the stable glide for one minute exactly. After the minute has finished, take another reading of your altimeter. Example: VSI reading during stable glide: -400 ft/min Start altitude: 2500 ft. End altitude: 2050 ft.

  • Page 38: Ambient Temperature

    MGL Avionics Stratomaster Ultra Horizon XL Owner’s manual Ambient temperature Use this function to correct errors of your ambient temperature probe. These probes may have small errors up to a few degrees in extreme cases. Add a positive or negative offset in degrees to correct for this error.
  • Page 39 MGL Avionics Stratomaster Ultra Horizon XL Owner’s manual NTC temperature probes, standard oil or water temperature probes. At ambient temperature: 1500 – 3000 depending on type. At operating temperature: 50-150 depending on type. Note that the number decreases with temperature.

  • Page 40: Ultra Horizon Xl Configurable Displays

    Both displays would require a RDAC X engine monitor and the display on the right would require a SP-3hc IMU/compass sensor package. The Ultra Horizon XL allows you to create your own display layouts to suit your application and aircraft exactly.

  • Page 41: The Altimeter

    MGL Avionics Stratomaster Ultra Horizon XL Owner’s manual The Altimeter The altimeter measures pressure altitude from -700 to over 40.000 ft. Altitude readout can be in feet or meters (select in mode and units setup). You can select between four different altimeter displays.

  • Page 42: The Air Speed Indicator

    MGL Avionics Stratomaster Ultra Horizon XL Owner’s manual The Air speed indicator The airspeed indicator (ASI) can indicate airspeed in mph (miles per hour), knots (nautical miles per hour) or km/h (kilometers per hour). This is selected in the mode and units setup menu.

  • Page 43: The Vsi Indicator

    MGL Avionics Stratomaster Ultra Horizon XL Owner’s manual The VSI indicator The VSI (vertical speed indicator) shows your rate of sink or climb. Readout is in feet per minute or meters per second depending on your choice of altitude units.

  • Page 44: The Rev Counter

    MGL Avionics Stratomaster Ultra Horizon XL Owner’s manual The rev counter The Stratomaster Ultra includes a very flexible rev counter that can be adapted to a very wide variety of engines. In the main this is done in the Device setup menu under “Basic operation setup menu”...

  • Page 45: Egt And Cht Thermocouple Display

    MGL Avionics Stratomaster Ultra Horizon XL Owner’s manual Selecting between RPM and percentage for the rotor craft display is also done in the Rotor craft setup menu. The Rotor speed display may have alarms enabled for rotor low and rotor high RPM. You setup the desired RPM limits in the Rotor craft setup menu.

  • Page 46: Coolant Temperature Indicator

    This instrument is used to display coolant temperature for water cooled engines Water temperature measurements requires the sender available from MGL Avionics. This is a standard automotive sender with the following characteristics: 900 Ohms at 20 degrees C and 93 ohms at 85 degrees C.

  • Page 47: The Oil Temperature Indicator

    MAP sensor calibration as explained in the Calibration menu section of this manual. The fuel flow and fuel level indicators The Ultra Horizon XL provides you with options to connect up to two physical fuel tank level senders plus a fuel flow sender.

  • Page 48: The Fuel Tank Level Indicators

    The fuel pressure indicator can show fuel or any other liquid pressure based on the measurement output of a suitable pressure sender. The Ultra Horizon XL is optimized for any pressure sender that can produce a low impedance 0-5V DC output, linear with applied pressure. A typical, very good quality pressure sender is the type A-105 with a 200psi pressure range from Honeywell Sensotec.

  • Page 49: Numeric Information Displays

    Numeric information displays The Ultra Horizon XL provides you with a number of numeric information items that you can place onto the display. Each numeric item has an associated label that is also an independent item. This allows you to place the identifier for the numeric item at your convenience.

  • Page 50: Time

    MGL Avionics Stratomaster Ultra Horizon XL Owner’s manual TIME The current time of day. This is set in the “Aircraft setup” menu. Should you often fly in controlled airspace you may want to set the time to read UTC rather than local time. Date and time of day are relevant for flight information stored in the logbook.

  • Page 51: Bingo

    MGL Avionics Stratomaster Ultra Horizon XL Owner’s manual Should you have a fuel flow sender installed and calibrated correctly, this field will show you your current range given your current fuel flow, remaining fuel level and airspeed. This function is among the most important items for the seasoned cross-country flyer. It allows you to optimize your aircraft’s range by choosing the best power setting.

  • Page 52: Maintenance Meter

    MGL Avionics Stratomaster Ultra Horizon XL Owner’s manual The hobbs meter shows your engine running time. The hobbs meter is presetable to your current engine time (User setup menu). Engine running time accumulates when the engine revs is above the “hobbs revs” as defined in the “Basic setup menu”. This setting allows you to ignore idle time if you so wish.
  • Page 53 MGL Avionics Stratomaster Ultra Horizon XL Owner’s manual Pressing “Prev” will add an offset to the current pitch angle displayed so that the pitch angle will read zero degrees. This is used to show level flight at different power settings which may result in different pitch angles.

  • Page 54: Ifr Displays Using The Ahrs Components

    MGL Avionics Stratomaster Ultra Horizon XL Owner’s manual IFR displays using the AHRS components Compass or Compass mode AHRS mode Gyro compass indicator indicator heading Artificial horizon (attitude indicator) Turn indicator Slip indicator The Ultra Horizon offers you the following IFR related components: a) Artificial horizon (attitude indicator) –...

  • Page 55: Compass And Horizon Setup

    MGL Avionics Stratomaster Ultra Horizon XL Owner’s manual Compass and Horizon setup This menu is accessible from the main menu. Here you will find various functions to setup and calibrate your SP-1, SP-2 or SP-3 sensor package. This documentation should be read in conjunction with the documents for the various sensor units.

  • Page 56: Finding The Right Filter Values

    MGL Avionics Stratomaster Ultra Horizon XL Owner’s manual highlighted entry that is shown is NOT the setting in the SP-3, only the setting that you want to send to the SP-3. The SP-3 stores the setting in permanent memory, the setting is not lost if you remove power from the unit.

  • Page 57: Set Inclination

    MGL Avionics Stratomaster Ultra Horizon XL Owner’s manual The magnetic inclination does not change by a large amount over a large distance, however small local variations of the inclination angle do occur in some locations and it is these variations that the SP-3hc will attempt to track.

  • Page 58: Compass Setup

    MGL Avionics Stratomaster Ultra Horizon XL Owner’s manual Compass Setup In this section of the Ultra menu system you will find the compass setup functions and items you need for deviation compensation and calibration. Heading mode Magnetic / True Select if you would like the instrument to display magnetic or true heading.

  • Page 59: Enter Deviation Set Mode

    MGL Avionics Stratomaster Ultra Horizon XL Owner’s manual level during turns. bank) as well as location on Earth. 3D-A Self-contained tilt compensated Cannot correctly compensate for tilt during compass. Will compensate for most tilt any form of turn due to centrifugal forces errors up to 60 degrees of tilt.
  • Page 60 MGL Avionics Stratomaster Ultra Horizon XL Owner’s manual We recommend to mount the sensor package using glued on strips of velcro material. This allows for easy alignment of the sensor package horizontal to the earth magnetic field. Never perform the deviation compensation procedure or a compass swing if your aircraft is placed on a reinforced concrete apron or tarmac.
  • Page 61 MGL Avionics Stratomaster Ultra Horizon XL Owner’s manual Place your aircraft in flight attitude. For example, if you own a tail-dragger, raise the tail. Some tricycle gear aircraft may need to raise the nose gear slightly. The object is to place the sensor package as close to horizontal attitude relative to the earth’s surface as you can.

  • Page 62: Caring For The Stratomaster Ultra

    The Stratomaster Ultra instrument does not require re-calibration if it is used in normal operation. Stratomaster Instruments used as references to calibrate other instruments may be sent in for periodic calibration to MGL Avionics. For this application we recommend a two year calibration interval. Please contact MGL Avionics for details. Altimetry This section is intended to clarify how an altimeter works and what determines its accuracy in simple terms.
  • Page 63 MGL Avionics Stratomaster Ultra Horizon XL Owner’s manual electrical properties of the membrane. These changes are measured. Temperature effects on the membrane are taken into account by measuring the temperature on the membrane and compensating for known effects. During manufacture of this sensor, the membrane is exposed to a focused electron beam that, atom by atom removes material from the membrane until the sensor reads exactly the correct value.

  • Page 64: True Airspeed (Tas)

    MGL Avionics Stratomaster Ultra Horizon XL Owner’s manual So, the formula to use became: P=P_0*(1-6.8755856*10^6*H)^5.2558797 Where: P= pressure P_0= pressure at sea level (1013.25 mb on the “standard day”) H= height in feet above mean sea level This formula is used to a level of 36.000 ft (10 975 m) . Above that a different formula is used.

  • Page 65: Warranty

    The Stratomaster Ultra is guaranteed against faulty workmanship on the part of MGL Avionics for a period of 12 months from date of purchase. MGL Avionics may at their discretion decide to either repair or replace the instrument. MGL Avionics will provide free labor and parts.
  • Page 66 MGL Avionics Stratomaster Ultra Horizon XL Owner’s manual If any of the above is not acceptable to the pilot in command he/she must refrain from operating the aircraft or remove the Stratomaster Ultra from the aircraft before commencing aircraft operations.

  • Page 67: Installation Manual For The Stratomaster Ultra "H

    MGL Avionics Stratomaster Ultra Horizon XL Owner’s manual Installation manual for the Stratomaster Ultra “H” Introduction Before you commence any attempt at installing this instrument it is your duty to familiarize yourself with the relevant aircraft equipment installation requirements and regulations of your country.

  • Page 68: The Ultra Horizon Xl Rear Panel

    MGL Avionics Stratomaster Ultra Horizon XL Owner’s manual The Ultra Horizon XL rear panel Rear panel connections and items: Cannon D-9 connector. This connector is used for power and ambient temperature probe. Although other signals are available on this connector, they are not normally used.

  • Page 69: Connections To The Ultra

    MGL Avionics Stratomaster Ultra Horizon XL Owner’s manual Connections to the Ultra Power to the Ultra The Stratomaster Ultra requires between about 7.0V to 28V of DC power supply. Current consumption is very low at about 40 mA without display backlighting and in the region of 80 mA with backlight.

  • Page 70: Ambient Temperature Sender

    We recommend that you install the external temperature probe. Should you require a suitable replacement probe, it can be obtained from MGL Avionics at reasonable cost or you can make up your own probe. In this case please obtain a National Semiconductor Temperature Sensor type LM335 in a TO92 package.

  • Page 71: External, Audible Alarm

    MGL Avionics Stratomaster Ultra Horizon XL Owner’s manual External, audible alarm 4 or 8 Ohm speaker mounted in panel or suitable location Intercom system with external audio input (music input or similar) In addition to the alarm output contact described in the previous section, you can connect either a speaker or an intercom system to the Stratomaster Ultra.
  • Page 72 MGL Avionics Stratomaster Ultra Horizon XL Owner’s manual Pitot and static port (Continued from last page) Suitable connection hose for both pitot tube and static port can be obtained from a hardware store or even a pet shop. Good quality tubing is often used for fish tanks and it has just the right diameter.

  • Page 73: Getting Started With The Ultra

    SHORT electrical connection between the ground terminal and the engine block ? This connection must not break due to engine vibrations. Everything done and working ? Congratulations – you have one of the finest instruments on Earth in your aircraft. Best wishes from the team at MGL Avionics. Page 73...

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