We have received many compliments
on our products and have customer references in every
part of the United States. The most common customer
comment we hear is that their plane climbs out better.
Sometimes when a customer has to fly on the edge, they
say, the Leading Edge Exhaust System definitely performs
much better than stock. We have heard from numerous
customers that their engine makes more rpm's with our
exhaust system.
The following comments are
some of the ones we have received from our customers
and I thought they were worth repeating. The first
comment was from a customer that had his Cub on floats;
he said as soon as he got airborne the engine would
redline. I explained this to Gary B., another customer
that flies as a guide here in Alaska, and he said I
can tell you what to tell the next customer who says
he redlines; tell them to "Pull the Nose
Up". I laughed so hard when I heard that,
but is a very apropos statement. Anyway get your set
ordered as soon as you can so you can pull the nose
up!
The next story relates to
two customers that guide together. Bill V. has
a 180 Hp and Rob J. has the160 Hp Cub.
Rob with the 160Hp said when he took off from the mountain
strip he had to drop the nose to get the airspeed needed.
Bill with the 180Hp didn't have to do that. Rob said
once he put the system on he can now take straight
off from the mountain like Bill.
The next pilot's name is Dick
W. He is a well known pilot that flies in the western
states and the airports are usually at higher elevations
and very hot. He stated that obstacle clearance performance
is a big attribute using our exhaust system. He also
said his PA-18-160HP Super Cub performs
extremely well considering the density altitude and
very short
runways.
I just talked customer
named Chris Johnson of Engineered Cub Components.
Inc.-Phone # 907-688-7095.
He said his 160hp Super Cub he just built climbs out @
1500'/minute. There are photos of his
plane in the PA-18 photo gallery, tail
#67CJ. These are just a few of the stories
that have been relayed to me. We have
many customer references if you would like to
talk directly with them.
My recommended installation
facility here in Alaska is BJ's Custom Aircraft
Engines located at the Palmer, Alaska
airport. The person to contact is Bob Lutz Jr. He has
been very instrumental and a great help through the
entire PA-12 and PA-18 projects. He is actually
the one doing a short field take-off in our television
commercial. Their phone number is: 1-907-745-6030.
Dear Dane,
We installed our first set of exhaust stacks on one
of our Cessna 207’s about 3 years ago. We sold
the airplane before we went to engine TBO, so didn’t
get a life on the exhaust, but we are so impressed with
the innovative design, we have been installing them on
all of our 11 207’s. We haven’t run any to
our engine TBO yet, but they look like they should make
that and more easily.
Mike Hageland
Secy/ Treas
Hageland Aviation
Anchorage, Ak. 99522
Dear Dane,
I have had a Leading Edge Exhaust System on our company
206 for over 3400 hours and it shows no signs of deterioration.
Hands down the best exhaust system out there.
Dano Bardwell
Director of Maintenance
Baker Aviation, Kotzebue, Ak
Dear Dane,
I have used a Leading edge Exhaust on my Cessna 206
for 3200 maintenance free hours.
S. Elg
Regal Air
Anchorage, AK
Dear Dane,
Exxaust system engineering has been a neglected science
by the Manufacturers for too many years. Your contribution
to this hole in the Aviation Industry has been appreciated
and successfully applied by many of us. I have added
8 sets of Leading Edge Exhaust System manifolds to my
fleet over the past 1-½ years and have yet to
experience any exhaust leakage from these units. The
design and integrity of these systems will be hard to
surpass for years to come.
Bryan Andrus, Director of Maintenance
Arctic Transportation Services
Anchorage, AK
Dear Sirs,
I would like to congratulate you on your Leading Edge
Exhaust System design for the Cessna 206/207 aircraft.
We have 10 of your exhaust systems installed on our company
aircraft. Three of them are well into their second engine
change with over 2600 hours time.
Our aircraft are operated in western Alaska with year
round temperatures as low a –30C with up to 20
starts a day.
Your Leading Edge Exhaust System has proven to be superior
to the other two brands we were previously using. We
save 3 to 5 man-hours on each 100 hr. inspection with
your systems, as no removal for repair is required.
Mark Sheets
A & P 226901372
Dear Dane,
Priewe Air Service, Inc. cannot thank you enough for
supplying such a superior product- Leading Edge Exhaust.
As you know, in commercial aviation, down time due to
maintenance is the highest direct cost of operations.
When the prop stops turning, the revenue stops coming
in, but all the fixed costs still need to be paid. We
cannot afford to lose one flight due to unscheduled maintenance
problems.
We are so pleased with your Leading Edge Exhaust! We
have over 2800 hours on the same Leading Edge exhaust
on our C206, and we haven’t had to put the airplane
down once in that time for exhaust repairs / maintenance.
And, it looks as good today as the day we had it installed.
You have an exceptionally fine product that will benefit
any aviation company’s bottom line if they will
only give it a try! It is worth it, worth it, worth it!!!
Lisa Priewe , President
Priewe Air Service- DBA Cook Inlet air Service
Dear Dane,
The Leading Edge Exhaust collectors far outlast other
systems we have used in the past.
Charles Rodgers
Director of Maintenance
Village Aviation
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