Company Develops App For Performance Monitoring On Apple Portable Devices

SportairUSA has completed installation and flight testing of the iMonitor EMS system by TruTrak Flight Systems in the new Savage iCub bush plane. The system accepts engine performance information from engine sensors to an Engine Data Module (EDM) and then transmits each line of data through an on board wireless to any iPad or iPhone running the TruTrak iMonitor software.

Bill Canino, President of SportairUSA, was pleased with the performance of the iCub in all aspects of flight with the iMonitor program. "It is very easy to interpret and displays an amazing amount of data simultaneously to both pilots. Even our mechanics can read the engine information while standing outside of the aircraft."

The iMonitor Engine Monitoring program is a wireless iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch App which is easy to use can be downloaded for $.99 from the iTunes App Store. The app allows multiple devices to be on the network at the same time. "The iMonitor is as powerful and reliable as our other EMS systems. It is just what you need for panel space saving and will continue to grow with added features and abilities," said Andrew Barker, COO and TruTrak General Manager.

TruTrak Flight Systems, Inc. has released the iMonitor and the TS-83 Wi-Fi/USB Module for use with their EMS systems. The TS-83 gives full data logging ability to the EMS system as well as "black box"-type recording. EMS data is recorded onto a USB flash memory device inserted into the TS-83. The "black box" recording feature stores the last 15 hours of flight information in internal memory. In addition, the module broadcasts the EMS data via an ad-hoc Wi-Fi network. iMonitor has an intuitive, simple user interface. The aircraft mounted Wi-Fi also allows faster data transfer speeds.

The following engine information can be included in the iMonitor display:

• RPM, Manifold Pressure, EGT (9 possible) + Peak, CHT (9 possible).
• Oil Temperature, Oil Pressure.
• Volts.
• Amps.
• Outside Air Temperature.
• Flap Position.
• Pitch Trim Position.
• Lateral Trim Position.
• Contact 1, Contact 2, Contact 3.
• Fuel Pressure.
• Fuel Level 1, Fuel Level 2, Fuel Flow, Fuel Totalizer, Set Remaining Fuel.
• Hours Remaining, Range Remaining.

The program allows selection between carburetor temperature, turbo inlet temperature, or air pressure. Pilots and mechanics can also monitor aircraft time, engine time, oil time, zulu time, local time, trip time, leg time, reset oil time, reset trip time, data logging (usb) and internal red line logging. 

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