OSHKOSH RECAP - CiES Aircraft Fuel Senders

We are coming to an end of our first trip to OSHKOSH AIRVENTURE.  To say it was a success would be an understatement.  

The three most common comments we heard were 

• "It is about time that somebody fixed aircraft fuel level" 

• "Is is STC'd for my aircraft

• Discussions of personal near miss fuel starvation events. 

Lucky for us several of the alphabet groups decided to stop by and pay us a visit.  They listened as we did, as one by one, potential customers stated all of the above.   

It was a sobering for them.  The magnitude of the issue we have created in aviation, by ignoring fuel quantity indication,  became very evident.

For the first time, somebody other than CiES confirmed  what we hear every working day. 

Fuel indication as we know is less than aviation grade in legacy aircraft.

We are dead set on changing that.  

A New Day has Dawned in Aviation

General Aviation News Photo

“Getting this STC done has created the roadmap for us to continue on,” said Pelton, noting that other STCs may involve fuel systems, autopilots and more."  General Aviation News 

We have made great strides in replacing legacy fuel quantity indication in GA aircraft and Jack Pelton's comment above, indicates the importance of improved fuel quantity indication in the roadmap to improving the equipment on legacy GA Aircraft.    

Today's EAA STC news announcement opens up the literal Pandora's box of opportunity.

Actually our FAA TSO approval allows us to move even faster into getting universal approval for installing better fuel quantity systems in GA aircraft.  

The TSO approval insures that we have met both the new ASTM standard for Verification of Avionic Systems but also the RTCA DO-254 Design Assurance Guidance for Airborne Hardware as well as the DO-160 standard for surviving the external environmental conditions found on the wing of the aircraft 

This is a major step forward and was not anticipated after the Part 23 Rewrite NPRM.  

The new ASTM Standard makes it much easier to show compliance with organization, definition &  verification of our software.   

Utilizing a smart sensor was key to CiES obtaining the outstanding aviation fuel level sensing results.  

This quality indication is one that thousands of pilots rely on,  flying brand new Cirrus, Vulcanair, & Quest aircraft.  

Contact CiES as we are adding fuel quantity sensor configurations for thousands of single engine and twin aircraft. 

• Cessna
• Beechcraft 
• Piper
• Cirrus
• Brittan-Norman
• Fairchild 
• Technam