Radiant has introduced its BINGO 5 Fuel Detection Sensor, which sounds a visual and 100db alarm when low fuel is detected.
BINGO5 utilizes an easy-to-install, single-point fuel detector combined with an LED red/green indication, harness, and optional very loud annunciator aural alarm, according to company officials.
“It is very useful for low fuel or full fuel indications,” said company officials. “This new sensor may also be used to sense fuel levels at as many points in the tank as the user desires.”
Bingo 5 is priced at $49.95. A three pack is available for $99.95 and a five pack is available for $149.95. Each Bingo 5 also includes a red/green LED and harness.
For more information: RadiantInstruments.com
It looks like that this is experimental aircraft only, since I don’t see any STC info.
Then there is the A&P cost to remove the fuel tanks, [ after draining all the fuel].
Then welding the threaded fittings and wiring the leds to the panel… not a minor cost.
and, pilots will still not look at the indicators and still do stupid stuff.!!
Nice especially for the price if you don’t already have a fuel totalizer such as JPI, Electronics International, etc.
Gosh a future with no fuel starvation accidents! What a wonderful world to anticipate.
Great Christmas gift for an airplane owner. And affordable at $49.95. And it very probably would save his airplane
Ann Holtgren Pellegreno
I totally agree with You, Ms. Sarah A.
One would hope that this will become available for certified aircraft via STC, maybe even new build. There are far too many accident reports in these newsletters that are caused by fuel exhaustion. We all know that typical aircraft fuel gauges are not that accurate so maybe this sort of warning which is very definitive is what we need.
I don’t see any mention of amateur built/experimental. Even of it were it should be reasonable to install under NORSE rules.
While I don’t “depend” on parachutes for safe flight each piece that reduces the risks at a reasonable cost, and this appears to fit, is worth trying.