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Heated Ground Tank — 1.5 Gal

$799.00 USD
$799.00 USD
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A 1.5 gallon stainless tank sprays warm TKS fluid and takes overnight frost off the airplane before engine start. No scraper. No waiting for the sun.

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The Morning Problem

Five ways to clear a wing. Four of them cost you something.

  • Wait for the sun

    Park it in the sun and it is gone in a few hours. If there is sun, and if you have an time.






    Costs an hour

  • Pull it in the hangar

    Heated space works, if you can even get it and at an inflated cost.








    Cost Time

  • Scrape it

    A credit card, a squeegee, a broom. All three scratch expensive aircraft paint.







    Costs Paint

  • Hot water or alcohol

    Water on a wing below freezing is just frost again in five minutes. Cheap isopropyl is worse: the alcohol flashes off, cools the skin further, and the water it leaves behind freezes.

    Costs you Twice

  • Thaw it

    The fourth way is the fluid the airplane was built around, warmed up, and sprayed on. No scraper, no refreeze, no wasted time.





    $799, once

Plug it in

A few minutes on a hangar outlet or a block heater cord, right before you walk out. It is not meant to sit plugged in for hours.

Pump it up

A large metal handle you can work with gloves on, and a mechanical gauge that tells you the truth at any temperature.

Set the nozzle

Stream for a stubborn patch, mist to cover a whole wing without emptying the tank.

Fly

The frost lets go, the fluid runs off, and you preflight the airplane exactly like you always do.

Don't waste time. Go fly

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