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...

Fuel Management

Fuel Management

“From an accident prevention perspective, fuel mismanagement is one of the most frustrating problems. The accidents are easy to avoid. The hardpart is reaching the pilots who are most at risk, because they’re not the ones attending safety seminars or taking online courses. A new approach is needed to get pilots to stop and think about the issue. Airing some ‘dirty laundry’? Perhaps, but we think it’s more than justified by the lives, aircraft, and dollars we lose to this problem every year. 

ACCIDENTS do far more damage to GA’s reputation than educational efforts to rectify the situation.

It shows that, the pilot community,  is making a good faith effort to address the problem.”

—Bruce Landsberg, President, AOPA Foundation

Fuel Management Accidents

Fuel management accidents are among the most preventable types of GA mishaps, and yet pilots still manage to turn perfectly good airplanes into impromptu gliders at an alarming rate well over two per week in the US.

The primary way GA pilots manage fuel on board is to do arithmetic.



 You look at the length of your trip, the winds, read some performance charts, then bust out your calculator or whiz wheel  to figure out how long it will take you to get to your destination at what fuel burn. I might get anywhere from 10 to 18 miles per gallon on a flight. And if the headwind is stronger than I expected or I'm routed the long way, it might take more than that. The 30 minute required reserve  is really not enough. 

FAR Part 91-151

Fuel Level Sender Video

Video Overview of Fuel Level History and Retrofit

We will start getting videos together of units in test and evaluation

Aerospace Logic Instrument Panel Interface

Here is the interface for the digital fuel level sender 

The answer to a more accurate reliable Fuel Level Sender - May be right in front of you.

Service Bulletin

In a recent software update - two items were added

These selections were not part of the previous software options list.  

Let us know if you would like more information.


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