Rotax engines- LSA's hope, or curse?

On 2006-05-09, #1ACGuy wrote:
Rotax is what turned me away from this category. The brand new (200 some
hrs) CT that I flew in vibrated so badly it was unnerving. The pilot
mentioned that it might be the gearbox, but those engines are just
screaming. Cruise is like 5000 rpm, or close to it. Take off was 5400
limited to a few minutes if I remember right.

Or the propellor. I have a friend who has a Rotax 914S powered Europa.
It does feel "different" from a traditional GA plane because the engine
noise is significantly different to the high displacement, low revving
direct drive engines most of us are used to - but his Europa is probably
the smoothest running 4-cylinder plane I've flown.

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