Jabiru and Rotax engines

I know a former taxi pilot, has flown a taxi float plane (Cessna 182
turbocharged) all his working life. Now he´s retired and owns a Euro Cub
with a Rotax 912 in it. He loves it, says it´s a great engine. Of course, he
also knows how to use it and keeps it well maintened, a small task according
to him. Haven´t seen any Jabiru engines here in Finland, so I cannot comment
on these engines.

Ken

On 14 Jul 2004 03:26:36 GMT, ojunk (Robertmudd1u)
wrote:

Problems with the Rotax engines included
1. Both Rotax and Diamond did a poor job of educating mechanics on how to
maintain the engine and pilots on how to operate the engine. Pilots are
generally not very knowledgeable on engine operation.

Having no experience with the Rotax, I am a bit curious. I can understand
that there are differences in maintaining the engine, but could you give
some examples of the differences in technique, etc. as far as the pilot is
concerned?

Ron Wanttaja

"Marco Rispoli" wrote in message t...
I am doing some research into ultralight engines (planning to build one).

The Rotax 912S and the Jabiru 3300 are the models i am looking into.



Uh, aren't both of those engines just a bit more powerful than you
need for an ultralight? I'm assuming you are gong to use wings and
not just mount the enging on a brick.

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FF

(Fred the Red Shirt) wrote in message

Uh, aren't both of those engines just a bit more powerful than you
need for an ultralight? I'm assuming you are gong to use wings and
not just mount the enging on a brick.

"Ultralight" means different things in different countries. The Sonex
and the Zenair Zodiac, which fly with these engines, are Ultralights
in Canada and most European countries.

On 15 Jul 2004 21:14:34 -0700, (Ryan Young) wrote:

(Fred the Red Shirt) wrote in message

Uh, aren't both of those engines just a bit more powerful than you
need for an ultralight? I'm assuming you are gong to use wings and
not just mount the enging on a brick.

"Ultralight" means different things in different countries. The Sonex
and the Zenair Zodiac, which fly with these engines, are Ultralights
in Canada and most European countries.

My thought, too, but the original poster's .sig says he's from New
Jersey....

Ron Wanttaja