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kissell
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 Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 4:50 am Post subject: Rotax 10k hours |
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Read Brandon's post regarding 10,000 hours on Rotax 914, amazing! As a Rotax 912ULS and CH701SP driver I would really like to know more about the service interval, oils used (synthetic or blended) and fuel type (leaded or unleaded). I can't think of a more harsh environment and experience gained there would be of great help to all the other Rotax drivers here. Thanks to Brandon for the info..
Bob Kissell N701UB, Dayton Ohio
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kissell
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| Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 4:51 am Post subject: Rotax 10k hours |
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Read Brandon's post regarding 10,000 hours on Rotax 914, amazing! As a Rotax 912ULS and CH701SP driver I would really like to know more about the service interval, oils used (synthetic or blended) and fuel type (leaded or unleaded). I can't think of a more harsh environment and experience gained there would be of great help to all the other Rotax drivers here. Thanks to Brandon for the info..
Bob Kissell N701UB, Dayton Ohio
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d.goddard(at)ns.sympatico
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| Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 8:45 am Post subject: Rotax 10k hours |
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I'm pleased that Brandon's unit is getting such reliable service from these engines, but I think you'll find that they do not use the same engine for 10K hours. His message said they had 10K hours on the airftame, which is remarkable but I think they change out the engines for new on a regular schedule.
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btucke73(at)yahoo.com
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| Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 3:18 am Post subject: Rotax 10k hours |
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Dave,
You are correct, and I probably should have highlighted that. The top end of the engines are dissassembled, cleaned, and adjusted at 360 and 720 hours. I think they are replaced at 1000, but really don't know. -I'm just a pilot, ya' know... I did inspect an engine during a 720 that had just been cleaned. It looked new.
I am under contract for a specific unit, but I work for the company that makes the Pred. There are airframes all over the world that have thousands of hours on them. My point was that the failure rate of the Rotax power plant in our installation is almost nil.
Bob,
I'm sure we use whatever the recommended oil from Rotax is. We run 100LL. The engine is slightly modified with our proprietary fuel injection system, different turbo, and our own variable pitch prop.
I am proud of the Corvair I built for my plane - but would have gone with the Rotax, if I wasn't "wife and 2 kids" poor...
R/
Brandon
I'm pleased that Brandon's unit is getting such reliable service from
these engines, but I think you'll find that they do not use the same
engine for 10K hours. His message said they had 10K hours on the
airftame, which is remarkable but I think they change out the engines
for new on a regular schedule.
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