Rotax 912 iS Issues?

Anyone know of problems with Rotax's new fuel-injected iS engine? I
heard that the new engines are not yet flying.

-Philip

On Mon, 28 May 2012 16:29:50 -0700 (PDT), Philip
wrote:

Anyone know of problems with Rotax's new fuel-injected iS engine? I
heard that the new engines are not yet flying.

-Philip
No issues. I was at the unveiling in Wells. They had the test engines
out, and they were coming back in for teardown and inspection. They
are basically an improved version of the earlier 912S, with a proven
(in other applications) injection system.

The retail engines should be on the market end of June, early July
timeframe if everything goes according to the timeline they were
expecting.

Mighty fine piece of engineering.

On 5/28/2012 7:18 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 28 May 2012 16:29:50 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

Anyone know of problems with Rotax's new fuel-injected iS engine? I
heard that the new engines are not yet flying.

-Philip
No issues. I was at the unveiling in Wells. They had the test engines
out, and they were coming back in for teardown and inspection. They
are basically an improved version of the earlier 912S, with a proven
(in other applications) injection system.

The retail engines should be on the market end of June, early July
timeframe if everything goes according to the timeline they were
expecting.

Mighty fine piece of engineering.


The old saying was "if you have to ask, you can't afford it".
So I know I can't.
But how much will they go for?

On Tue, 29 May 2012 10:16:42 -0500, Richard
wrote:

On 5/28/2012 7:18 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 28 May 2012 16:29:50 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

Anyone know of problems with Rotax's new fuel-injected iS engine? I
heard that the new engines are not yet flying.

-Philip
No issues. I was at the unveiling in Wells. They had the test engines
out, and they were coming back in for teardown and inspection. They
are basically an improved version of the earlier 912S, with a proven
(in other applications) injection system.

The retail engines should be on the market end of June, early July
timeframe if everything goes according to the timeline they were
expecting.

Mighty fine piece of engineering.


The old saying was "if you have to ask, you can't afford it".
So I know I can't.
But how much will they go for?
The pricing wasn't firm, but they were talking 18% premium over the
standard 912S - give or take.

Good news then. I am excited to see a a new aircraft engine with
electronic fuel injection. We may finally catch where the auto world
was 20 yrs ago.

On Tue, 29 May 2012 20:34:16 -0700 (PDT), Philip
wrote:

Good news then. I am excited to see a a new aircraft engine with
electronic fuel injection. We may finally catch where the auto world
was 20 yrs ago.
something like 28% better fuel economy than a 100HP Lycosaurus.