BMW engines are very good and reliable but a lil bit pricy, For 5500 Euro I
would rather go for Rotax 912.



"Vaughn" wrote in message
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"tffy" wrote in message
oups.com...
This is for a hypothetical ultralight design, so just looking for
suggestions here of where to look at... hopefully a 4-stroke, purchase
price doesn't matter much, certification status doesn't matter either.
Long time before overhaul matters A LOT... so, the longer the better.
Is there anything out there in the 80-hp range? How about a motorcycle
engine conversion - how long can those go before needing to be
overhauled?

Beemer? http://www.microlightsport.co.uk/Cat.../bmwengine.htm I
have spent thousands of hours riding on top of my BMW engine, and often
thought that I wouldn't mind flying behind one. That said, they have
never been terribly popular with homebuilders for some reason.

Vaughn