WEST COVINA, California — Concorde Battery Corporation, established in 1977, is celebrating 40 years in business in 2017.
After 39 years of exclusively manufacturing out of West Covina, California, 2016 marked the opening of a second facility on the east coast in Austell, Georgia. The new facility received FAA PMA approval in 2017, which has expanded Concorde’s manufacturing ability.
Looking ahead, company officials note they are developing a line of lithium ion aircraft batteries.
Concorde supplies more than 100 models of Original Equipment and direct replacement valve regulated sealed lead acid batteries for fixed wing, rotorcraft and unmanned aircraft. Concorde batteries are installed as original equipment by the majority of aircraft manufacturers and adopted by military aircraft operators worldwide, company officials note.
The Concorde sealed batteries are fantastic. My experience is that they typically have twice if not more the service life of a wet cell. Their convenience, safety, reliability and cleanliness as opposed to wet cell batteries is worth the extra dollars.
The only drawback I have experienced is that if you accidentally drain the battery down to nothing (as in forgetting a dome light on or the master switch) odds are they will not accept a charge to bring them back to life.
Bottom line is, as a pilot for 47 years and a multiple aircraft owner for 40 years, the Concorde sealed battery can’t be beat and I’m never turning back.