CIRRUS IQ TAPS FLIGHT DATA FOR SAFETY C S T O R Y B Y D A V E H U G H E S irrus Aircraft is putting pilots and aircraft owners in touch with data from their SR Series aircraft using an iPhone app called Cirrus IQ. At the same time, the company is developing a powerful fleet management system for a flight school to use in tracking its fleet of 25 Cirrus training aircraft. The Cirrus IQ app for iPhones introduced in 2020 with the launch of the Cirrus SR20, SR22 and turbocharged SR22T has received some upgrades already with more in the works. The mobile app allows a pilot of Cirrus SR piston model aircraft now in production to check on key single-piston engine airplane vital statistics remotely while on the ground. It provides real-time access to aircraft data such as fuel quantity, oil temperature and TKS fluid from anywhere in the world. Only the owner of the aircraft can invite another person to retrieve the IQ cellphone data such as the pilot's favorite mechanic. From a mechanic's perspective, Cirrus IQ provides basic data. There are a variety of data points transmitted via cellphone networks from the Cirrus aircraft on the ground after a flight from a Cirrus IQ module in the empennage. The single-engine aircraft also have a crashworthy recoverable data module in the tail. The data goes to Cirrus Aircraft headquarters where it is stored. An aircraft owner/pilot can access some of the data on a specific tail number via the iPhone app, including: Continued on following page avionics news * january 2023 35 Photos courtesy of Cirrus Aircraft