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by CAVIceProtection
Thu Apr 13, 2017 7:32 pm
Forum: Hangar Talk
Topic: Share TKS Experience for a Chance to Win
Replies: 0
Views: 1197

Share TKS Experience for a Chance to Win

I’m reaching out to TKS owners for their thoughts and experiences using the TKS Ice Protection System for the Diamond DA42, DA62 or other TKS-equipped aircraft. By sharing with us, the owner's name will be entered in a drawing for 55 gallons of TKS fluid. No purchase is necessary. Open to legal resi...
by CAVIceProtection
Thu Mar 30, 2017 9:09 pm
Forum: Hangar Talk
Topic: TKS FIKI Certification, March 1994
Replies: 1
Views: 1114

TKS FIKI Certification, March 1994

On March 31, Central Air Southwest will celebrate 23 years of FAA certification for the installation of TKS Ice Protection for "flight into known icing conditions" on their fleet of Aero Commander 500's. TKS systems are a factory-installation option for the Diamond DA42 and DA62, respectiv...
by CAVIceProtection
Wed Feb 01, 2017 10:26 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: New to Forum, Here for TKS
Replies: 18
Views: 13406

Re: New to Forum, Here for TKS

Hello everyone, I work for CAV Ice Protection, the company responsible for the design and manufacture of the TKS Ice Protection System on the Diamond DA42 and DA62. Feel free to ask me any questions you may have regarding the system and I'll do my best to answer. You can also find out more informat...
by CAVIceProtection
Wed Jan 25, 2017 5:37 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: New to Forum, Here for TKS
Replies: 18
Views: 13406

Re: New to Forum, Here for TKS

Hello Joel: Just wondering if any headway has been made to have the DA42 system approved in Canada? according to Transport Canada's type certificate: TC.JPG thanks, Paul Hello Paul, Diamond Aircraft is the TC holder and the resource of the requested information. Best regards, Joel Jackson CAV Ice P...
by CAVIceProtection
Wed Jan 25, 2017 5:32 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: New to Forum, Here for TKS
Replies: 18
Views: 13406

Re: New to Forum, Here for TKS

Charles, Antoine, Erik and Colin, thank you for your interest in TKS. We currently do not have any releasable programs to develop a TKS system for the DA40. Our engineers are constantly working on developing new ice protection systems for a number of aircraft models, and we maintain a database of ai...
by CAVIceProtection
Mon Jan 23, 2017 10:53 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: New to Forum, Here for TKS
Replies: 18
Views: 13406

Re: New to Forum, Here for TKS

I have a question - is there anyway you can save us the shipping hit - which ends up being close to 100% of the cost of the fluid product? For example instead of shipping it to my house in small batches at a great cost due to hazmat, could you somehow ship it to a chemical business as part of large...
by CAVIceProtection
Mon Jan 23, 2017 10:10 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: New to Forum, Here for TKS
Replies: 18
Views: 13406

Re: New to Forum, Here for TKS

Welcome, I just had to replace my controller. How common of an occurrence is that? Granted the system is 11 years old. Are there any other components I should be looking at more closely? When the controller went bad the TKS pump would shut down. Ended up dumping 5.5 gallons of TKS before I could ge...
by CAVIceProtection
Mon Jan 23, 2017 7:39 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: New to Forum, Here for TKS
Replies: 18
Views: 13406

New to Forum, Here for TKS

Hello everyone, I work for CAV Ice Protection, the company responsible for the design and manufacture of the TKS Ice Protection System on the Diamond DA42 and DA62. Feel free to ask me any questions you may have regarding the system and I'll do my best to answer. You can also find out more informati...