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Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Oshkosh - EAA 2013

CiES Inc will be at OSHKOSH for the EAA AIRVENTURE  

We will be there...... but we will not be displaying our products at the show in a trade show booth.

We are demonstrating the system to several aviation OEM customers and potential customers.  If you are interested in the system and you are at OSHKOSH the early part of the AirVenture week - please reach out and contact us, we will be more than happy to demonstrate our system.

We continue to receive praise from our customers on the retrofit CiES Cirrus Fuel Level Kit

Noah Wood sent us this message yesterday

"Really happy with them. They are running really close to the totalizer. I posted a couple of shots on one of the COPA threads. I will post a couple of more on COPA after my next couple of flights.  I thought Clearstar Aviation in Addison did a good job on the installation.

I've noticed I actually prefer the digital display on the console to the tape on the MFD. Maybe it is force of habit. 

In my opinion, dollar for dollar, one of the best upgrades you can do to a Cirrus." 


Monday, July 8, 2013

Aviation Consumer - July Issue

CIES Fuel Level System in the News



" Gone are the mechanical fuel quantity gauges that used to live next to the fuel selector between the two seats. 

Instead, new fuel-level senders with electronic fuel quantity data is displayed on-screen, providing far more precision than most mechanical fuel gauges. 

The system helps keep fuel balanced between the left and right tank, periodically reminding the pilot to switch tanks with onscreen CAS alert messaging and warnings"                            


Aviation Consumer July 2013 



We like the reference to far more precision - that's the CiES byword

Universal Fuel Level

Universal Fuel Sender

When we started out to re-define fuel level in aviation we looked at every aspect of what was causing present sender systems to fail.

We then broke that down into three basic concepts that needed to be addressed:

  1. The sending unit had to accurately report the position of the float in the fuel tank.
    • We used our Patented AMR Sensor Solution
      • Exceptional Accuracy
      • High Reliability
      • Non Contact  - Fuel or liquid intolerant 
  2. The sending unit had to be built to aviation standards.
    • We utilized aerospace materials and tight tolerance machined parts
      • Aerospace Coatings
    • TSO Designation - built and tested to an Aerospace Performance standard
  3. The communication to the cockpit of the fuel level had to be fool proof
    • We used a digital frequency output
      • Easy communication, no connection or wiring issues
      • Similar communication to fuel flow
      • Easy to diagnose 
We created a phenomenal solution for aviation - In 1 1/2 years of delivering this product - we have yet to have an unscheduled removal from an aircraft - 


Over 2500 units in the field and not one failure.  

We produce this unit for the highest production single engine aircraft.

We measure Avgas, Jet A and Alcohol De-Ice fluid with the same unit.

We addressed the aviation aftermarket with a display partner Aerospace Logic to produce an  fuel level display unit that would accept our frequency input.    Aerospace Logic has approvals for their display in all types of GA Aircraft.

We addressed and solved a perplexing problem in aviation
 Accurate and Reliable Fuel Level

In creating news in the aviation field  we have generated a lot of  interest in our product. 

Fuel Sending Units are Universal 
Applicable to all fuel tanks
in any industry or vehicle 
same SAE Bolt pattern 

We are expanding our market 
The new sending unit design needs to have optional outputs:
  1. Digital Frequency - proven in the field - exceptional clarity
  2. Ratiometric Voltage - a  0 to 5 Volt solution
  3. Current Output - simulating a variable resistance  
With this configuration we can accommodate all cockpit or instrument interfaces  - we even left a pigtail to accommodate existing connectors 



Talk to us about any fuel level sending issue 


Monday, July 1, 2013

Customer Responses to the Retrofit Cirrus Aircraft Kit


WHAT ARE THE CUSTOMERS  SAYING

David McGregor
Folks I just picked up the plane this evening from Advanced Aviation in Lancaster PA. Joel Glover and his team did an outstanding job installing the new CiES digital fuel sensors despite a steep learning curve on this first ever install. ... I had a chance to run the system through its paces on the short hop from KNLS to KMMU this evening.
I must say my first impression is WOW ! A huge improvement. I love having the fuel flow quantity on the MFD now, but the icing on the cake is the redundancy with the new digital fuel gauge that replaces the former analog version. Really cool looking, but more important is the functionality. I really like how you can flip between fuel quantity and the fuel burn graph, really helpful for fuel balance.
I would HIGHLY recommend this a must have upgrade to your Cirrus. Get in line now and place your orders.

Jeff Bessett
I just picked up MY aircraft, N874T SR20 - G3 Perspective with the new CiES fuel gauge STC - WOW. team at Advanced at Lancaster PA did the installation on my aircraft - and
Lancaster Avionics next door - did the avionics (Perspective) so it DOES show up on the Garmin Perspective system.

I only have 30 minutes flying with this, however, I believe this to be a game changer for anyone that has worried about the accuracy of the fuel gauges in their plane.

Tom Conroy
My partner, Gary Price and I just picked up our Cirrus from Leading Edge Aviation where they installed the new digital fuel gauges. I cannot tell you how nice it is to have a tool such as accurate fuel gauges. By using these gauges, we will be able to accurately assess whether there is a fuel leak in the system as well as accurately managing fuel supply. The gauges warn you ( by turning yellow) when there is a fuel imbalance in excess of that prescribed in the POH.

On the return trip, we wanted to see if we could land with equal fuel in each tank. About 20 minutes from our destination, we noticed a 6 to 7 gallon differential between tanks, so we switched tanks, and when we arrived at our hanger, there was less than a half
gallon differential. For some crazy reason, that made our evening...