Safe Flight Instrument Corporation of White Plains, NY announced today their new Icing Conditions Detector (ICD) will be on display during Heli-Expo at Booth 4059.  The ICD is able to detect icing conditions nearly instantaneously.  Safe Flight will have a working ICD displayed on their helicopter product demonstrator during Heli-Expo.

Ice accretion is a serious hazard to all aircraft.  Even miniscule amounts of frost, snow, ice, or slush on the aerodynamic and/or control surfaces of the aircraft can cause significant loss in lift and flight control capability.  The most effective means to protect against this often catastrophic threat is to avoid it all together with Safe Flight’s Icing Condition Detector.

The system, currently under evaluation by a variety of airframe OEMs, provides an instantaneous warning when icing conditions are present and before ice accretion has an opportunity to reduce aircraft performance and controllability.  Comprised of a single line replaceable unit, the lightweight, low drag safety enhancing equipment is ideal for operations in all modes of flight.

To learn more about the ICD, visit Safe Flight at Heli-Expo Booth 4059 and see the ICD on display with Safe Flight’s other safety products for rotorcraft.

Safe Flight Instrument Corporation, a leader in aviation safety and flight performance systems, was founded in 1946.  Headquartered in White Plains, New York, the company pioneered the development of Stall Warning and Angle of Attack, Automatic Throttle Systems, Wind Shear Warning, and many other innovations in aircraft instrumentation, flight performance and control systems for fixed and rotary winged aircraft.  In the helicopter market, Safe Flight produces Powerline Detection and Exceedance Warning systems.  The Exceedance Warning System provides collective tactile cueing that allows the pilot to literally “feel” their way around the helicopter’s safe operating envelope of engine and drivetrain limits.  Safe Flight products are installed on over two-thirds of the world’s aircraft in the general aviation, corporate, commercial and military sectors.  To find out more, please visit www.safeflight.com.