Rotax Aircraft Engines - ENGINE WEEK 2024

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[straightchad]

Useful video, nothing is more valuable than seeing and listening straight from the people who works on these engines on a daily basis .

[felixcat]

Rotax Engine Reliability!

French Helicopter Builder/Pilot Matthieu De Quillacq hand flew his CH-7 Kompress Helicopter from his home base in France to a US Airshow!

His longest overwater flight was 12+ hours, using the immense, carbon fibre fuel tank positioned in the P2 location!

He hand flew all the way to the USA, with his Rotax engine humming along like a ultra reliable sewing machine!

In an aircraft, reliability is everything, and Rotax get even better with every iteration.

I personally wouldn't have carbs as I never liked them as a motorcycle mechanic, and certlainly wouldn't want them in a Helicopter engine installation, particularly Bing carbs, which, on our Police motorcycles, were simply awful.

A modern, lightweight, relilable, fuel injected engine with dual redundancy where applicable is about as good as it gets for me.

Great video!

[richardfranklin]

I have attended 2 Rotax Training sessions at Lockwood. Dean is a great teacher!

[NSV]

Dean is a great instructor. His course is great to take even if you never turn a wrench on your engine.

[scoot]

Very nicely Done! You guys are Great 👍🏻 Thank you 😊🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[mobsquad]

Did both courses, great information and people. Always answers the phone…

[LTVoyager]

I attended a week of training at Lockwood a couple of years ago and can highly recommend it. I am building an S-21 which has a 915iS mounted on it. Even though I don’t use the Rotax training professionally, it was excellent background to help be design a safe installation of the 915 in my airplane and to maintain it well once in operation.

[madmarkstoys]

Excellent video brother I loved it because I fly a Lockwood super Drifter 912

[hu]

Thanks for reviewing these engines! Great info!

[stevenwarner]

Nice Airplanes, probably much safer than a motorcycle. Well ya know. I just acquired that Over 70 status this year and so that included that 95' Honda Nighthawk cb750 motorcycle. ($600 barn find from West Virginia) ~ Got it running, but those carburetors. Four of those. Maybe I'll just go along with your "Build Challenge" for the rehab on those. I do like the concept. The way that I work too. One day at a time. Oh yea‼. New Hampshire.

[LTVoyager]

One thing Dean didn’t mention that bit me when signing up for their classes is that it is a two-step process. I forget the fine details now, but I signed up online and thought I was all set, but apparently the online signup doesn’t actually reserve you a spot in their class. You actually need to call them to REALLY get a spot reserved. I learned that the hard way and had to reschedule a later date as my initial preference had some of the classes already booked full before I found out that I really didn’t have a spot reserved. Maybe they have since fixed this, but this was the case in 2022.

[MaxMustermann-nduy]

I wonder wether there will ever be a certified 916 replacement option for the C172. I think it's a pity that they did not modernize the smaller versions with fuel injection. They would be nice for the traditional ultralights to save fuel. Also imagine the potential auf a 220 HP 2000cc version or a 240 hp 6 cylinder version for the C182 and SR20

[DarrylZubot]

I have been advised now with the new xps oil for the 912iS, burning 100ll you no longer need to add Decalin type products to get rid of the led. Is this true?

[SoloRenegade]

feels like a new RV fuselage would be better. Move the cockpit/baggage forward a bit, so you don't have to move the engine as far forward.

[jeromehiggins]

Regarding swift fuel in aircraft engines, like Lycoming, did the engineers figure out what was causing the valve recession problems with burning unleaded like swift fuel?

[wreckum]

The problem with the conventional engines like lycoming and continental is their still old technology. I fly a rotax have for many hundreds of hours two strokes and four strokes their all pretty simple all carbureted the bing carburetors are easy to access takes about two minutes and a screwdriver to get them off but which one would I rather work on in the field…… probably a lycoming or continental just because of their simplicity.

[reinerressel]

I would like to see the results with the Moped Motor and a GEARBOX with a real Propeller ??

[shelliecurry]

How about more on models an lead times? We know from your Lycoming video that they are 2 years out. How about Rotax? Plus this rpm issue sounds like a major design flaw.

[mikeryan]

Sunoco, Shell would be ok but I wouldn’t buy fuel from circle K, doesn’t circle K have Shell fuel?

[richardturner]

I fail to understand how Rotax can build this amazing super light modern engine but after all the time they have been in the market they still haven't figured out how to build a gearbox that can run at all rpms without causing issues. Viking has that part figured out. Why doesn't Rotax modernize the gearbox? Thats not that difficult. It cost them lots of engine sales when builders are on the fence between a legacy direct drive and a rotax. The carb sync concept is another area that could be remedied with a single carb induction. Much simpler and if done properly wouldn't sacrifice any performance.