We would like every customer to be a happy customer and we try hard to make that happen. Here are some of the many comments we have received from our customers:
"In 2005 I installed your 4 cyl EGT and CHT instrumentation to monitor
my new Aerosport 0-360 in my RV-8. Your instruments have worked
flawlessly ever since and provide real understanding of whats going on
up there all the time. The peace-of-mind that results was worth many
times more than what I paid for them. Well done. Thanks!" - GB
"Just a note to say how pleased I am with your product - what a great
form factor and display - Easy and straight forward installation - just
WOW." - MR
"I had a bad plug recently that only seemed to indicate it's defect
between 1900 and 2200 rpm (similar miss thing you described). I was able
to tell the mechanic #2 cylinder and under which conditions I observed
the oddly lower EGT from the other 3. That focused his attention and
troubleshooting to the mis-behaving cylinder."
"I do have to tell you that your have the best product on the market. Great design. Makes any aircraft brand new!" - VA
"The CHT monitoring especially was brilliant for sorting out the baffles
over the rear cylinders to get the cooling right. The Aerospace Logic
displays are small, tidy and easy to read." - GV
"Awesome addition to my plane - thanks for the clean ez look." - MS
"Since then, I installed the XX Fuel Flow gauge and for the past several
flights I have compared the fuel remaining to what is indicated in both
tanks and the NUMBERS MATCH. This proves that the gauge is super
reliable." - PL
"I decided to install four of their units to replace the PA28-140
cluster: Fuel Gauge, EGT, Oil Pressure and Temp, Fuel Pressure and Amp.
All units have been performing flawlessly. Particularly the Dual Fuel Gauge is very
impressive: precise to one gallon: I had the unfortunate occasion to try it!" - WK
"I installed Aerospace Logic's oil temp/pressure gauge a year ago and
have been really happy with it. Now I plan to install their fuel level
indicator and voltage/amp gauge this spring." - SD
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
New Product - EGT & CHT Combination
The ECT204 is a full color EGT and CHT combination instrument that provides simultaneous, real-time display of all four cylinders. This kit includes four Type-K ungrounded, EGT thermocouple probes of your choice, four Type-J ungrounded, CHT thermocouple probes of your choice and , all connectors and installation hardware.
Both Cylinder head and Exhaust gas temperature functionality is TSO'd and meets the temperature accuracy requirements of SAE AS8005 for a Class IIa (+/- 1%) instrument. Functional displays include:
- Real-time four cylinder temperature display
- Menu select option for fast selection of display type
- Automated rich-of-peak (ROP) leaning function for EGT
- Automated lean-of-peak (LOP) leaning function for EGT
- Automated shock cooling monitoring for CHT
- Single cylinder temperature monitoring while retaining graphic indications for all cylinders (Both CHT and EGT simultaneously)
- Graphic trend analysis and viewing of all cylinders simultaneously (selectable for EGT or CHT)
The ECT204 kits are TSO'd and STC'd as a primary replacement instruments under all flight conditions (day/night VFR and IFR).
For Additional Information Please Click Here
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Cirrus Fuel Level Instrument in Flight Video
Here is the YouTube Video link to a short video with our FL202G installed in a Cirrus.
Note the FL202G is more accurate than the flight deck instrumentation!
For more information on this video and additional comments please see the CiES Inc. blog.
Note the FL202G is more accurate than the flight deck instrumentation!
For more information on this video and additional comments please see the CiES Inc. blog.
Rev 1 to Rev 2 Upgrade Option
For existing 200 Series users who wish to upgrade to the new style
intensity control, a harness upgrade kit is available at a cost of $49
for the first instrument and $44 for any further instruments.
New Products for 2013
We are pleased to announce that on 20-DEC-2012 we received the final
documentation for the STC amendment for all our 200 Series Phase 2
products PLUS the STC amendment for approval of the FL202G using CIES
Inc. fuel senders for Cirrus Aircraft.
The following is a brief summary on the new products that are now available as fully certified, primary or secondary instruments:
Full product details, images and manuals will be on our website by 24-DEC in the section entitled "New for 2013" as well as the specific product categories.
All necessary approval documents have been placed in the "200 Series Certifications" section of our website. They are identified as the latest revision number of all the applicable documents.
The following is a brief summary on the new products that are now available as fully certified, primary or secondary instruments:
- ECT204 four cylinder EGT / CHT combination instrument kits
- FF200 single engine fuel flow (two variants for 30gph and 60gph maximum flow rates)
- FF202 dual engine fuel flow (two variants for 30gph and 60gph maximum flow rates)
- FL2X1 single tank fuel level instruments (three model variants based on sender type)
- FL202G two tank fuel instrument and CIES Inc. fuel sender system, for Cirrus aircraft models only
- MF200 combined manifold pressure and fuel flow instrument (two variants for 30gph and 60gph maximum flow rates)
- MP200 single manifold pressure instrument kit
- MT200 combination manifold pressure and tachometer kits (four variants based on magneto sensor type)
- TM202 dual tachometer (three variants based on magneto sensor type)
Full product details, images and manuals will be on our website by 24-DEC in the section entitled "New for 2013" as well as the specific product categories.
All necessary approval documents have been placed in the "200 Series Certifications" section of our website. They are identified as the latest revision number of all the applicable documents.
Monday, January 21, 2013
Customer Feedback - Cirrus Retrofit
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.
The next one (an SR 20 was already in the shop) should go a lot faster as the first is always the hardest.
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 guage 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. The CIES team even made sure it dims with the instrument dimmer.
I will get some more time this weekend (during the daylight) to run it through its paces, but I would HIGHLY recommend this a must have upgrade to your Cirrus.
For complete details see the CiES Inc. post at:
CiES Inc / Aerospace Logic Inc - Cirrus Retrofit
The Cirrus Retrofit uses our FL202G instrument and CiES Inc. fuel senders, all under our STC.
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.
The next one (an SR 20 was already in the shop) should go a lot faster as the first is always the hardest.
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 guage 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. The CIES team even made sure it dims with the instrument dimmer.
I will get some more time this weekend (during the daylight) to run it through its paces, but I would HIGHLY recommend this a must have upgrade to your Cirrus.
For complete details see the CiES Inc. post at:
CiES Inc / Aerospace Logic Inc - Cirrus Retrofit
The Cirrus Retrofit uses our FL202G instrument and CiES Inc. fuel senders, all under our STC.
Instrument Intensity Control
Our original 100 Series products used an "External" and an "Internal" method of controlling instrument intensity. This has worked well over the years. With the advent of the glass cockpit and our new 200 Series product we have moved away from the original method of intensity control. This has been our number one cause of install related issues and effective JAN-2013 we have changed the control in an effort to simplify things.
Revision 1 of the 200 Series uses a very simple intensity control. Either our A200-DDC Intensity Controller was used or, as in most cases, a "Day/Night" switch with two current limiting resistors. Our thinking was simple; during install the installer would select the appropriate current limit resistor pair and place them in-line with the power line to the LCD backlight. The process was extremely simple.
What we did not consider was the general lack of concern for installation instructions, no matter how simple. It became common practice to connect the instrument directly to the aircraft rheostat, even though this was not an option. When this was done (or any other option not part of the installation instructions) the LCD backlight was destroyed. Cost the the customer/installer was $185-$225, depending on the damage.
Naturally this did not go down well. Even though the source of the problem was the installers complete disregard for our approved instructions. Our original thinking was to keep things as simple as possible and, in doing so, to keep costs down. After just over two years of manufacturing the 200 Series products we elected to change the system. The effect of the change was that the instruments could now be connected directly to the panel rheostat or to a separate potentiometer; all much the same as our original 100 Series design. The cost impact was and additional $20 to cover the cost of components.
Amongst others, the biggest positive is that now the product cannot be destroyed should the installer fail to follow the instructions. call it a $20 insurance policy. Other than that, the units will perform exactly the same as if they were installed with our original A200-DDC Intensity Controller.
Effective JAN-2013 we no longer manufacture the Rev 1 products with the exception of warranty replacement units.
For more in formation on this change you can visit our website at:
Revision 2 Intensity Control Change
Revision 1 of the 200 Series uses a very simple intensity control. Either our A200-DDC Intensity Controller was used or, as in most cases, a "Day/Night" switch with two current limiting resistors. Our thinking was simple; during install the installer would select the appropriate current limit resistor pair and place them in-line with the power line to the LCD backlight. The process was extremely simple.
What we did not consider was the general lack of concern for installation instructions, no matter how simple. It became common practice to connect the instrument directly to the aircraft rheostat, even though this was not an option. When this was done (or any other option not part of the installation instructions) the LCD backlight was destroyed. Cost the the customer/installer was $185-$225, depending on the damage.
Naturally this did not go down well. Even though the source of the problem was the installers complete disregard for our approved instructions. Our original thinking was to keep things as simple as possible and, in doing so, to keep costs down. After just over two years of manufacturing the 200 Series products we elected to change the system. The effect of the change was that the instruments could now be connected directly to the panel rheostat or to a separate potentiometer; all much the same as our original 100 Series design. The cost impact was and additional $20 to cover the cost of components.
Amongst others, the biggest positive is that now the product cannot be destroyed should the installer fail to follow the instructions. call it a $20 insurance policy. Other than that, the units will perform exactly the same as if they were installed with our original A200-DDC Intensity Controller.
Effective JAN-2013 we no longer manufacture the Rev 1 products with the exception of warranty replacement units.
For more in formation on this change you can visit our website at:
Revision 2 Intensity Control Change
The Beginning
There is a start to everything, this is it for our blog. Probably something we should have done a long time ago but that cannot be changed.
It is amazing at how much effect the Internet has on a business and how things have changed in a few short years. Thirteen years ago, when we first started design on our initial 100 Series products the Internet was a supplement to business. Nowadays it is a necessity.
For us the purpose of this is simple. Communication with our customers.
It is amazing at how much effect the Internet has on a business and how things have changed in a few short years. Thirteen years ago, when we first started design on our initial 100 Series products the Internet was a supplement to business. Nowadays it is a necessity.
For us the purpose of this is simple. Communication with our customers.
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