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1. 01:46 AM - Re: rotax engines (Dave)
2. 06:25 AM - Re: rotax engines (Catz631@aol.com)
3. 07:27 AM - Re: rotax engines (floran higgins)
4. 08:25 AM - Re: rotax engines (Lowell Fitt)
5. 02:27 PM - crush washers 12mm (Tex Mantell)
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| Subject: | Re: rotax engines |
Ed - please post some numbers on the performace of your viking engine .
I have been watching this development for a few years. Videos wold help
too.
HEads up side by side planes - should be able to find alot of 912
powered Kitfox that would love to have a challenge.
Like i always said about the rotax -- great engines.
biggest issues are from the ignorance of the operators. the othe 99 %
of the user have no issues.
Dave
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From: Ed Gray
To: kitfox-list@matronics.com
Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2013 5:22 PM
Subject: Kitfox-List: rotax engines
I built a Kitfox with a Rotax, and fortunately flew it and survived.
My new kitfox has a beautiful Viking engine for little more than half
the cost of a 912, and more power. Flying with a Rotax is like being
married to an alcoholic bipolar woman. Why would anyone put up with all
the glitches, burps, etc., and pay extra to do it? Oh, and they
recently discovered fuel injection for just a few thousand more! Ed
Gray Dallas
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| Subject: | Re: rotax engines |
Ed,
I appreciate your candor ! You have a pretty accurate view of the Rotax
,I think. (although overall,I do like mine, most of the time,....maybe)
We had an Escapade drop by our strip on his way to south Fl to have a
Viking engine installed about a year ago. He had a Jabaru engine that he was
very displeased with and wanted it out ! You can see his plane on the Viking
web site.
How about some info,flight report with the Viking engine. Did you make
the mount or did they ? How much did it cost ? Who did the installation ?
How about weight and CG ? What other mods did you have to do to accommodate
the engine?
As you can see, I am interested in that engine especially after talking
with the Escapade owner.
Dick
Maddux
Fox 4
912 UL
Milton,Fl
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| Subject: | Re: rotax engines |
Been following this discussion on 912 engines with interest.
I have a 912 ULS engine in my model 4 Speedster.
I have nearly 800 hrs on and am very satified with it.
I have found that when the outside temp is below 40 degrees I put a hair
dyer into the front of the cowl and a blanket over the cowl and leave it
for 30-45 minutes. All you have to do is get the carbs warm. I have a
primer system and I give it four squerts. hit the starter and it will
start right up with out all of the shaking. On shut down I stablize the
rpm to 2000 and shut off the ignition. It stops without any shaking.
The only issue I have had with this engine is that I have had to replace
the rubber flange that holds the right carb on. I have had it split
three times, always on the right side.
Floran Higgins
Helena Mt
Speedster
912 ULS
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From: Catz631@aol.com
To: kitfox-list@matronics.com
Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 7:24 AM
Subject: Re: Kitfox-List: rotax engines
Ed,
I appreciate your candor ! You have a pretty accurate view of the
Rotax ,I think. (although overall,I do like mine, most of the
time,....maybe)
We had an Escapade drop by our strip on his way to south Fl to have a
Viking engine installed about a year ago. He had a Jabaru engine that he
was very displeased with and wanted it out ! You can see his plane on
the Viking web site.
How about some info,flight report with the Viking engine. Did you
make the mount or did they ? How much did it cost ? Who did the
installation ? How about weight and CG ? What other mods did you have to
do to accommodate the engine?
As you can see, I am interested in that engine especially after
talking with the Escapade owner.
Dick
Maddux
Fox
4
912
UL
Milton,Fl
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| Subject: | Re: rotax engines |
Interesting discussion. Dick's mention of the Jabaru guy not liking his
engine - which when introduced was to be the wave of the future, then a
friend who put a UL engine in his Just Highlander - with lots of growing
pains including a replaced crank. You guys that are going "Infant" -
hats off to you but I'm too old for that. Everything I had go wrong
with my first and now my second 912 was caused by me just as Dave
suggests. What will prove to be best? For sure, only some aging will
tell that and for me that is good reason to stay with the 20 year old
and multi million hour Rotax regardless of the fires per rev. Sorry to
bring this up but price? It is the sorry state of the US $. My wife
flies internationally with United Airlines and she will be happy to tell
what a $ will buy overseas compared to what it bought in the $10,000
Rotax days - I just asked. In the early 90s the exchange rate in Japan
was ~ 250 yen per dollar. Now it is about 70 yen per dollar.
A thought on choosing an engine. Check to see if the engine
manufacturer issues service bulletins. In the past some did not. An
auto conversion company I have in mind never did. Looking at UL and
Viking shows that as with the Rotax, neither came out of the Engineers
Shed perfect. And both of these companies are still in diapers
comparatively speaking so no one really knows yet what will be found
there down the way.
Lowell
From: Catz631@aol.com
Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 6:24 AM
Subject: Re: Kitfox-List: rotax engines
Ed,
I appreciate your candor ! You have a pretty accurate view of the Rotax
,I think. (although overall,I do like mine, most of the time,....maybe)
We had an Escapade drop by our strip on his way to south Fl to have a
Viking engine installed about a year ago. He had a Jabaru engine that he
was very displeased with and wanted it out ! You can see his plane on
the Viking web site.
How about some info,flight report with the Viking engine. Did you make
the mount or did they ? How much did it cost ? Who did the installation
? How about weight and CG ? What other mods did you have to do to
accommodate the engine?
As you can see, I am interested in that engine especially after talking
with the Escapade owner.
Dick
Maddux
Fox 4
912
UL
Milton,Fl
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| Subject: | crush washers 12mm |
They are availabe from :
Monarch Products Inc
951-672-8501
Part # p-678
Tex
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