Autothrottle
The IS&S developed ThrustSense® Autothrottle allows a pilot to automatically control the power setting of the engine. The autothrottle computes and controls appropriate power levels reducing pilot workload and enhancing safety.
When operating in ThrustSense’s manual mode the pilot maintains unhindered control of the aircraft’s thrust with the throttles. ThrustSense activates to protect against over-torque, over-temperature, excessive airspeed or under speed stall and then returns to monitoring mode. Electronically adjustable detents covering entire flight envelope can be programmed to emulate NextGen aircraft operation.
ThrustSense provides critical Vmca protection in twin engines, as well as full FADEC like engine protection.
ThrustSense is the first certified turboprop autothrottle and is available for the King Air and Pilatus PC-12.