Hello Aviators!
Some of the products we created for our STARHAWK Lancair Legacy are still available to the community. We get requests for the rudder pedals about every month -- but, they've been out of stock because their production costs have risen so much over the years. We finally found a source for some of the production work that allows us to price them about where one would predict given inflation and experimental aircraft industry economy.
The STARFLIGHT Adjustable Rudder Pedals offer the ultimate in control and comfort for experimental airplanes. An easy to access crank handle adjusts the rudder pedals to the best position for each pilot, no matter their stature. Close tolerance polymer bearings provide precision movements with smooth and accurate control of the rudder and brakes.
The rudder pedals were developed to fit the small space of a Lancair Legacy but are compatible with a range of aircraft and have been used in the Lancair Evolution, Van's airplanes, Glassairs, and several prototype aircraft (e.g. Northrup Gruman Firebird, Icon A5). The mechanism may be integrated in most airplanes that use cables to control the rudder and with castering nosewheels, where ground steering is by differential braking of the main wheels. New and retrofit installations are easy.
Well over a hundred STARFLIGHT Rudder Pedals have been sold with 15 years of fleet history and a perfect safety record.
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https://www.starflight.aero/product-pag ... -mechanism
The pricing is $4,900 USD per mechanism/unit. A new production run is just beginning and there will be little to no inventory maintained -- so if interested, please place your order soon.
Ally and I provide these products mostly as a service to the community and for our love of airplanes. The margins are small. I sure wish we could be at prices closer to what they were when first introduced.
For those interested and still on the fence, here's a viewpoint to consider...
One way to look at the cost/benefit aspects of these decisions, is to consider today a new Cessna 172 costs over $500,000 – about the same price as if we’d hired a professional to build us a new, customized Lancair Legacy -- even higher costs for the larger Lancairs. A late generation Lancair, though, even in the landing pattern, flies faster than a Cessna 172 does in cruise flight and is far more beautiful. Rudder & brake flight control mechanisms are flight/safety critical mechanisms – not just comfort items. And, when they are pilot and passenger, individually in flight adjustable for perfect fit (especially needed in a Legacy where the seats cannot move), their functionalities are clearly worth it – particularly as seen as a percentage of the total airplane costs.
With the small margins, it is appreciated if ordering, that one selects the manual/check payment method to save us the 2.9% credit card fees -- but, credit cards are okay if preferred.
Thank you!
Valin
https://www.starflight.aero/
