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Buenos De-Ice: Resistive Heat Zones

Good performers like the Van’s RV-10 can benefit from an anti-icing system. Buenos Technologies is on track to fill that void.

Most flight into known icing (FIKI) systems are only available for certified aircraft, and that limits the mission capabilities of high-performance experimental aircraft. Up in my Great White North region, that means popular go-places kit-built aircraft are often grounded when anti-ice-equipped certified ones might launch. 

Buenos Technologies of Redmond, Oregon, has developed a de-icing system aimed at the experimental aircraft market and it’s called Buenos De-Ice. The company was taking orders for the $17,000 system at Sun ‘n Fun last March, and here’s an overview. 

Phil Lightstone

Contributor Phil Lightstone is a Canadian-based writer and podcaster, and flies a Rockwell 114 Commander.