Lightweight,
High-Torque Starters Now Available For
larger Teledyne Continental Piston Aircraft Engines
Granbury, Texas — Sky-Tec Partners Ltd., the original Flyweight™
aircraft starter manufacturer, today announced the general
availability of its latest lightweight starters for Teledyne
Continental engines.
The
new starters, designated C12ST3 and C24ST3 depending on
aircraft voltage, offer unique features designed to increase
the longevity of TCM engine starter adaptors.
Key among these is the use of a centrifugal clutch that
disengages the starter motor from the starter adaptor when
power is removed from the starter, allowing the starter
adaptor wrap spring to easily and fully unwrap from the
engine-driven shaft.
Owners
of older, 12-volt aircraft such as Cessna 182, Bellanca Viking
and others will especially appreciate the Sky-Tec CvST3’s
greatly increased torque with lower current consumption than
older, heavier OEM and replacement starters.
This is achieved through the use of a high-torque
permanent magnet motor coupled with aggressive gear reduction.
All
of these advantages come with the added benefit of vastly
decreased weight. Single
engine aircraft owners can gain as much as twelve pounds of
additional useful load by switching to the new Sky-Tec CvST3
while owners of larger Continental-powered twins can expect as
much as twice that.
The
starters are FAA-PMA certified for all Continental Engines
equipped with TCM’s right-angle starter adaptors including
O-300-D & E, -360, -470, -520 & -550-series.
The new starters are available today from any of
Sky-Tec’s dealers (listed at http://www.skytecair.com/Dealers.htm)
for around $525 for the 12-volt C12ST3 model and $575 for the
24-volt C24ST3 model.
The
addition of the CvST3 starters completes Sky-Tec’s line of
lightweight, high-torque aircraft starters which now fit
nearly all Textron Lycoming, Teledyne Continental and Franklin
piston aircraft engines.
About
Sky-Tec
Sky-Tec
develops, manufactures, markets and supports more than 45,000
of its lightweight engine starters for Lycoming, Continental
and Franklin piston engines. Sky-Tec’s full range of
starters is FAA-PMA certified.
Sky-Tec is the leading supplier of replacement and OEM
starters to new aircraft manufacturers, flight schools, fleet
operators, maintenance operations and aircraft owners.
Sky-Tec customers include Textron Lycoming, Cessna,
Piper, Aviat, American Champion, Maule, Schweitzer, Enstrom,
Van’s Aircraft and nearly all leading aircraft parts and
engine suppliers world-wide.
Located in Granbury, Texas, Sky-Tec employs nearly
twenty full and part-time employees most of whom are pilots,
aircraft owners and members of the EAA, AOPA, ACS, AYA, CFO
and other industry associations.
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Flyweight™
is a registered trademark of Sky-Tec Partners, Ltd.
The C12ST3 and C24ST3 are patent-pending.
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