Ft Lauderdale FL USA, August 13, 2015 -- New Avionics Corp here announces its next- generation new Ice*Meister™ Model 9732-PLASTIC Ice Detecting Sensor for Aircraft.
Consisting of a probe, housing, circuit board, and lightweight blue cable, the unit is extremely simple in design and manufacture. It’s been tested at NASA Glenn, the world’s largest icing wind tunnel, and complies with defacto in-flight ice-detection standard SAE AS 5498. Test data and test report available upon request.
Featuring an all-plastic sensor probe, this 9732 is the company’s newest generation aerospace product. It is unitized into a single lightweight module. The probe is entirely optical, and senses ICE when molecules of H2O freeze and accumulate on its optical surfaces. This provides the highest sensitivity of any airborne ice detector today, 0.010 inch of ice or better.
Made of non-conductive delrin and acrylic plastics, the probe is electro-magnetically compatible with aircraft radio antennas, and can be installed in close proximity to them.
9732 installs easily from inside the wing with a 5/16”-24 thread and stainless steel nut, like a simple FAA TSO C43c Outside Air Temperature gauge. It accepts any clean DC voltage from 8 volts to 32 volts, consumes less than 5W, outputs 3.3 volt logic data that describe the relative rate of ice accumulation on the aircraft. Lightweight 5-conductor blue cable is jacketed in tough FEP Teflon. Standard cable length is 10 feet, but 9732 can be shipped with virtually any length cable under special order.
The the unit is robust, potted solid as a brick in 2-part epoxy. No exposed electronics, impervious to moisture, it is submersible, even.
“We’ve been shipping optical ice sensors to aviation interests since 2004,” notes Richard Hackmeister, Vice President at New Avionics. “This new generation plastic ice sensor offers electro-magnetic compatibility for low speed aircraft operating in intense radio environments. At the same time, it is the lowest-price aviation ice sensor on the market today. All features and benefits of our original NASA-tested stainless steel sensor have been retained in this new generation Model 9732-PLASTIC.”
Operational videos are available of tests conducted at NASA Glenn in Cleveland Ohio, the world's largest icing wind tunnel. They document that Model 9732 operates in conformance with core paragraph 5.2.1.1.1 of SAE aerospace standard AS 5498 in lieu of any published FAA Technical Standard Order for in-flight icing detectors. Model 9732 is also listed in paragraph 4.11 of SAE aerospace information report AIR 4367A.
Ice*Meister Model 9732-PLASTIC is the lowest-price aviation ice sensor on the market today. Price, delivery, and discount schedules are readily available from the factory and authorized distributors.
Founded in 1996, New Avionics Corporation is a privately held firm that develops, manufactures and markets optical ice sensors for aviation, wind power and commercial refrigeration interests. New Avionics holds pertinent intellectual property rights which are available under manufacturing license for application-specific products. Please contact the factory.
