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Integrated Battery Back-up System wins FAA nod

By General Aviation News Staff · July 20, 2021 ·

TCW Technologies has received a Supplemental Type Certification (STC) under an extensive Approved Model List (AML) for its Integrated Battery Back-up System (IBBS). The STC-AML allows for the installation of the IBBS in nearly 100 of the most popular models of GA aircraft from Piper, Cessna, Mooney, Beechcraft, and Grumman, according to company officials.  

TCW’s IBBS provides back-up power for EFIS, GPS navigators, autopilots, and engine monitoring systems utilized in today’s modern instrument panels. The patented technology within the IBBS system provides power to keep these systems active during electrical system failures, as well as during engine starting, company officials explain.

The IBBS system is approved for use with equipment such as Garmin’s G3X series of flight displays, Garmin’s GNS, GTN, GNC, and GNX series navigators, as well as Avidyne’s IFD series of navigators.  

The IBBS is available in three FAA approved models, as well as in 12 volt and 24 volt applications.

Integral to the IBBS is a lithium-iron-phosphate battery pack and a matched charging system that ensures the battery is properly charged and maintained, company officials explain. The system automatically operates to provide a stable source of output power during both normal and emergency operations. 

The IBBS system has been installed in more than 8,000 experimental aircraft over the past 10 years.

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  1. James Donley says

    July 21, 2021 at 12:50 pm

    Will this work with Surefly electronic ignition

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