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Heated Ground Tank — 1.5 Gal

$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.

Heater Size 300 W 1200 W

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 the time.

Costs an hour
Pull it in the hangar
Heated space works, if it is even available and at an inflated cost.

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

$799, once

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.

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

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

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