Morgans schreef:
"Ralf Mueller" wrote
German ebay lists quite a few for reasonable price:

How much would it cost to find someone who would crate and ship on to the
US?

Finding someone shouldn't be too hard - all else failing, one could try
bribing yours truly };-) Crating should be done by the supplier, and
these Germans have a reputation for doing mechanical jobs solidly, so
that's not a problem either.
Or for a second hand engine, yours truly might well be able to dig up a
used pallet somewhere, strap the engine to it, and add some planking around.

But indeed shipping a single piece would be a bit awkward, the one thing
to make sense is to ship a container full of them. Even a 20" container
would easily hold 50 pcs, though, at a rough estimate - would there be a
market for 50 of these engines at a reasonable price?

And the comparison with the Jabiru is justified: what advantages has the
modified BMW over Jabiru 2200? The "reasonable" price for the BMW
should, IMHO, have to be lower than the Jabiru's. Not an easy ambition
at today's $-€ rates.