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omething truly new in main-ship battery technology
emerged last month at the National Business Aviation Association Convention & Exhibition in Las Vegas, Nev., when
Mid-Continent Instrument Co. unveiled two Nanophosphate lithium-ion
batteries, the first two main-ship batteries from the company's True Blue
Power division.
If Nanophosphate lithium-ion batteries sound familiar, well, the technology first arrived in an aviation application when True
Blue Power unveiled its then-new TS835 Emergency
Power Supply for electrically powered instruments
at the 2009 Aircraft Electronics Association International Convention & Trade Show in Dallas, Texas.
At the time, this then-new lithium-based battery
raised eyebrows only because of its excellent specifications. The Nanophosphate lithium-ion-based
package provides significantly longer life in a package almost one-third the size as its nonlithium-based
predecessor.
Pilots and aircraft owners embraced the new pack.
When dealing with a failed electrical system, reliable
power is always attractive - particularly with less
weight and lower life-cycle costs.
But that was years before the combination of lithium batteries and aircraft came into question and suffered damaging scrutiny because of multiple issues:
seemingly-spontaneous fires in shipments of other
lithium-metal-based batteries and, most recently,
issues experienced by Boeing and operators of the
planemaker's state-of-the-art 787 Dreamliner.
The issue surfaced when Cessna Aircraft issued an
emergency recall of lithium-ion batteries introduced on its CJ4 Citation in
late 2011. But in January of this year, Cessna announced plans to requalify
lithium-ion batteries as the main-ship choice for the CJ4, Sovereign, the
revised Citation X and Citation M2.
Read what you will into the juxtaposition between Cessna's renewed
confidence in lithium-ion batteries and True Blue Power's newly unveiled
technology. As of early September, True Blue Power was naming no OEM
(original equipment manufacturer) customers - the initial target for these
advanced batteries.
But the True Blue Power main-ship batteries appear to answer all the
concerns that arose out of Cessna's recall and Boeing's 787 experiences.
The new TB17 and TB44
share all the best
traits and benefits of
the TS835's battery
chemistry and design, but
specifically designed as a
main-ship battery.
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Avionics News November 2013
Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Avionics News November 2013
Point of Communication
AEA Now
The View From Washington
International News and Regulatory Updates
Mid-Continent's New True Blue Power
Member Profile
Counting Beans
Avionics News Through the Years
Aviation Aces
AEAviators
A Conversation With...
Member Profile
The Team Effort Behind TSSA
Audio Panels in the 21st Century
Business Basics
Jeppesen Makes Headlines at AirVenture
What's New
Marketplace Classifieds
Avionics News November 2013 - Intro
Avionics News November 2013 - Cover1
Avionics News November 2013 - Cover2
Avionics News November 2013 - 1
Avionics News November 2013 - 2
Avionics News November 2013 - 3
Avionics News November 2013 - Point of Communication
Avionics News November 2013 - 5
Avionics News November 2013 - AEA Now
Avionics News November 2013 - 7
Avionics News November 2013 - 8
Avionics News November 2013 - 9
Avionics News November 2013 - 10
Avionics News November 2013 - 11
Avionics News November 2013 - 12
Avionics News November 2013 - 13
Avionics News November 2013 - The View From Washington
Avionics News November 2013 - 15
Avionics News November 2013 - International News and Regulatory Updates
Avionics News November 2013 - 17
Avionics News November 2013 - 18
Avionics News November 2013 - 19
Avionics News November 2013 - Mid-Continent's New True Blue Power
Avionics News November 2013 - 21
Avionics News November 2013 - 22
Avionics News November 2013 - 23
Avionics News November 2013 - Member Profile
Avionics News November 2013 - 25
Avionics News November 2013 - 26
Avionics News November 2013 - 27
Avionics News November 2013 - Counting Beans
Avionics News November 2013 - 29
Avionics News November 2013 - 30
Avionics News November 2013 - 31
Avionics News November 2013 - 32
Avionics News November 2013 - 33
Avionics News November 2013 - Avionics News Through the Years
Avionics News November 2013 - 35
Avionics News November 2013 - Aviation Aces
Avionics News November 2013 - 37
Avionics News November 2013 - 38
Avionics News November 2013 - 39
Avionics News November 2013 - AEAviators
Avionics News November 2013 - 41
Avionics News November 2013 - A Conversation With...
Avionics News November 2013 - 43
Avionics News November 2013 - Member Profile
Avionics News November 2013 - 45
Avionics News November 2013 - 46
Avionics News November 2013 - 47
Avionics News November 2013 - The Team Effort Behind TSSA
Avionics News November 2013 - 49
Avionics News November 2013 - 50
Avionics News November 2013 - 51
Avionics News November 2013 - 52
Avionics News November 2013 - 53
Avionics News November 2013 - Audio Panels in the 21st Century
Avionics News November 2013 - 55
Avionics News November 2013 - 56
Avionics News November 2013 - 57
Avionics News November 2013 - Business Basics
Avionics News November 2013 - 59
Avionics News November 2013 - 60
Avionics News November 2013 - 61
Avionics News November 2013 - Jeppesen Makes Headlines at AirVenture
Avionics News November 2013 - 63
Avionics News November 2013 - 64
Avionics News November 2013 - 65
Avionics News November 2013 - What's New
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Avionics News November 2013 - 68
Avionics News November 2013 - 69
Avionics News November 2013 - Marketplace Classifieds
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Avionics News November 2013 - 72
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Avionics News November 2013 - Cover4
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