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Dear Greg,i live in Germany, about 1 hour's drive from Herr Bleidiesel, th
e owner of TakeOff BMWand have spoken to him several times.He specializes
in pusher models and not tractor engines.i have spoken to one of his earl
ier customers, who bought the tractor PSRU from TakeOFFand after 40 hours,
he had to totally rebuild it.Now, he builds his own PSRU.But only builds
them upon request and for friends.He is a flight instructor and is not in
the business of building engines.He has 3 planes, all with BMW engines an
d his own redrive.His first Beemer now has more than 3000 hours!i flew 2
other of his engines with the 1150 R engine and his redrive and they are
very reliable,according to their owners.i have an R1100 S BMW engine fitt
ed with his custom PSRU.(not yet flying)The attraction of the BMW engine
is great! Modern technology and metallurgy, not found on a 30 year Soob
or a 40 year old Corvair.The weight and profile of the motor also make it
a good choice.It is fuel injected and both air and oil cooled standard.It
is the only motor that one can literally take from a motor bike,bolt on
a new flywheel, add the redrive and fly!The new series 1200 engines seems
even better, but it also comes with the new electronics which is useless
to us!Once you strip down the 1200 motor bike engine and add all the do-d
ads from TakeOff,you might as well buy a Rotax straight from the box.My Be
emer engine came from a recently new motor bike that had crashed, so it wa
s low mileage.The 1100 and 1150 series ECU and cables can be used for flig
ht.The PSRU for both, is the same.The 1200 series is totally new and the
older 1100 redrive is not compatible.Silent Hektik in Germany, also sells
the redrive and the electronics for the 1200 Beemer.Forget email. Fax th
em!Because of the $:=82=AC exchange rate, it is now cheaper to buy a us
ed Beemer in the USA, than in Berlin!!!Don't know about down under???Until
some one comes up with a good, low weight powerplant, at a reasonable pri
ce, homebuilders will still have to fly whatever we can find locally.i wan
ted a totally experimental AC.My building companion, decided to buy a Jabi
ru.My rec is to get an 1150 and a custom redrive.All the very bestHKM
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