Precise Flight, Inc. To Market Speed Brakes For Cessnas

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Key Takeaways:

  • Precise Flight, Inc. has reintroduced its SpeedBrakes(TM) product for Cessna 180, 182, and 185 series aircraft, responding to renewed aviator interest after being discontinued in 1999.
  • The SpeedBrakes(TM) offer unique performance advantages, including doubling descent rates without power reduction, maintaining engine power, reducing engine shock cooling, and quickly slowing to turbulent air penetration speeds.
  • Electrically actuated and weighing 9 lbs, the system is deployable at or near Vne for instantaneous speed reduction and stows flush with the wing surface.
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Bend, Oregon — Precise Flight, Inc., an Oregon based supplier of advanced technology to the aviation industry, will remarket its SpeedBrakes(TM) product for Cessna 180, 182 and 185 series aircraft. This follows renewed product interest from aviators. Initially discontinued in 1999, strong market interest has led to reintroduction which utilizes the once popular 100 series SpeedBrake(TM) model. “But a flood of new requests has led us to revisit producing this model,” says Vice President of Sales and Marketing Joe Wanko. “SpeedBrakes(TM) do offer uniquely advantageous performance characteristics which Cessna aviators are interested in.” According to the company, these characteristics include: –Double your aircraft’s normal rate of descent without reducing power or using landing gear. –Maintain engine power and aircraft maneuvering speed without build-up in speed. –Reduce engine shock cooling. –Smooth turbulence and quickly slow to turbulent air penetration speeds. –Deployable at or near Vne for an instantaneous reduction in speed.

Technical information: –Delivered as a complete kit with all installation bits included –Installed weight: (9 lbs.) –Average descent with SpeedBrakes(TM) deployed: (1500-1900 fpm) –Average installation time: (35-40 hours) –Electrically actuated (no cables, hydraulics or pulleys). –Power failure protection. –SpeedBrakes(TM) stow flush with wing skin surface.

“For Cessna pilots SpeedBrakes(TM) offers superior solutions and we expect interest in the product to grow with each new industry event we present at,” says Wanko.

For more information on this and other Precise Flight, Inc. products and services, visit them online at https://preciseflight.com or phone (800) 547-2558.

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