Customers Who Purchased Lights At Higher Price Will Receive
Rebate
Less than one month after AeroLEDs LLC of Boise, ID unveiled its
new AeroSUN LED-based anti-collision/landing light system at
AirVenture 2007, the company told ANN Wednesday the company has cut
prices, due to an "overwhelmingly positive response."
AeroLEDs tells ANN manufacturing costs depend on the sales
volume, with costs amortized over the projected number of units
sold. "The initial demand for this product is much higher than was
originally forecast, allowing AeroLEDs to pass on the savings to
its customers," the company says. Product pricing has been adjusted
from $450 per unit or $850 for a pair down to $350 per unit or $650
for a pair.
As ANN reported, the AeroSUN
is 100% solid state, utilizing high intensity LED's, which use
just 20-50% of the current of traditional filament or HID based
lighting while producing substantially more light.
Product pricing has been adjusted from $450 per unit or $850 for
a pair down to $350 per unit or $650 for a pair, making the AeroSUN
product an even greater value.
And, to show the price reduction isn't a gimmick... customers
who purchased the AeroSUN product at the former price will be
receiving a cash rebate, to show the company's appreciation of
their decision to purchase the zero-maintenance
landing/taxi/recognition light system.
"Our initial target was 200 light assemblies for the first year
of production, said AeroLEDs President Mike D'Amico, "however,
based on the rate that they are selling, we have adjusted this
number higher, allowing us to offer the product at a price that
will compete well with traditional Halogen lights.
"The maintenance costs and hassle-factor of replacing halogen
bulbs, compared with the increased safety of being able to operate
recognition lights in all phases of flight will make the decision
to upgrade to our product even easier with the new pricing,"
D'Amico added. "In addition, we have decided to extend our product
warranty to 10 years which is twice that of even the HID lighting
systems available"
The AeroSUN units can be installed with a single unit on the
nose gear, cowling, or installed in pairs within the wingtips. The
wingtip configuration also allows for a phased "blinking" (Wig-Wag)
of the lights, offering an effective anti-collision system that
does not shorten the service life of the lights. The AeroSUN units
are rated for 50,000 hours of operation, up to 16 times the life of
competing technologies.