Sport Flight Aviation - Talon Design

Seated in the Talon’s cockpit, you’ll be amazed at the all-around visibility and the effectiveness of the contoured tinted polycarbonate windshield. There’s plenty of room for all your basic instruments on the curved panel, and the Talon’s control stick is comfortably at your fingertips. Getting into the cockpit is easy with our streamlined boarding step.	The Talon's instrument panel
Pilot's electrical panel and streamlined boarding step	To the pilot’s right is the electrical control panel, which accommodates switches for systems such as main electrical (keyed), dual ignition, starter, fuel pump, auxiliary 12 volt supply, and strobe lights. This panel also includes a 12 volt auxiliary outlet for your portable items such as radio and GPS. An hour meter comes standard and this panel is designed to accommodate up to two standard 2 ¼ inch instruments as well. For easy maintenance access, the entire panel is attached with easily removable thumbscrews.
View from the Talon	Large, effective flaps The Talon’s effective 3-position flaps are controlled by a handle to the pilot’s lower left and, just above that, the smoothly adjustable throttle is in a natural position for your left hand. In-flight adjustable trim is controlled by a convenient handle just aft of the flap control.
Our two-place Talon XP, equipped standard with dual controls, is designed with its second seat positioned at the center-of-gravity (CG) of the airplane. The advantage of this strategic placement is very little change in handling characteristics whether flying with one person or two. Despite the increased weight of a second person, the aircraft’s roll, pitch, and yaw responses remain very similar. This design feature benefits the Talon Super Magnum as well, which boasts a large cargo compartment, also located at the plane’s CG.	The Talon XP is an excellent tandem trainer
Everything that's red in this photo comes powdercoated from the factory in your choice of colors	While other designs may look similar from a distance, they just can’t compare. Take a close look at the Talon and notice the box-tube structural member that effectively distributes landing and flight loads, along with the four formed and riveted (at the factory) fuselage panels that give the best strength to weight ratio of any design in its class. Next Page

Seated in the Talon’s cockpit, you’ll be amazed at the all-around visibility and the effectiveness of the contoured tinted polycarbonate windshield. There’s plenty of room for all your basic instruments on the curved panel, and the Talon’s control stick is comfortably at your fingertips. Getting into the cockpit is easy with our streamlined boarding step.

The Talon's instrument panel

Pilot's electrical panel and streamlined boarding step

To the pilot’s right is the electrical control panel, which accommodates switches for systems such as main electrical (keyed), dual ignition, starter, fuel pump, auxiliary 12 volt supply, and strobe lights. This panel also includes a 12 volt auxiliary outlet for your portable items such as radio and GPS. An hour meter comes standard and this panel is designed to accommodate up to two standard 2 ¼ inch instruments as well. For easy maintenance access, the entire panel is attached with easily removable thumbscrews.

View from the Talon

Large, effective flaps

The Talon’s effective 3-position flaps are controlled by a handle to the pilot’s lower left and, just above that, the smoothly adjustable throttle is in a natural position for your left hand. In-flight adjustable trim is controlled by a convenient handle just aft of the flap control.

Our two-place Talon XP, equipped standard with dual controls, is designed with its second seat positioned at the center-of-gravity (CG) of the airplane. The advantage of this strategic placement is very little change in handling characteristics whether flying with one person or two. Despite the increased weight of a second person, the aircraft’s roll, pitch, and yaw responses remain very similar. This design feature benefits the Talon Super Magnum as well, which boasts a large cargo compartment, also located at the plane’s CG.

The Talon XP is an excellent tandem trainer

Everything that's red in this photo comes powdercoated from the factory in your choice of colors

While other designs may look similar from a distance, they just can’t compare. Take a close look at the Talon and notice the box-tube structural member that effectively distributes landing and flight loads, along with the four formed and riveted (at the factory) fuselage panels that give the best strength to weight ratio of any design in its class.