Avionics
Garmin Unveils New Autopilots for GA Market
Garmin's new retrofit GFC 600 and GFC 500 autopilots offer modern functionality for a large variety of general aviation airplanes.
The new Garmin GFC 600 autopilot is designed to interface with G500/600 displays and also some third-party displays, instruments and navigation sources.
The new Garmin GFC 600 autopilot is designed to interface with G500/600 displays and also some third-party displays, instruments and navigation sources.

Garmin’s new GFC 600 and GFC 500 autopilots are retrofit systems that bring modern autopilot capabilities at a relatively low cost to the fixed-wing general aviation market, from the Cessna 172 and Piper PA-28 series through high-performance piston twins and turbine aircraft. The systems are solid-state attitude-based (AHRS-derived) autopilots, according to Garmin, with performance that is not available from traditional mechanical-attitude or rate-based autopilot systems, but similar to its GFC 700 series autopilots. Both autopilots feature brushless DC motor servos.