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The Rotax 912 was first sold in 1989 in non-certificated form for use in ultralights and motorgliders. [3]The original 60 kW (80 hp) 912 UL engine has a capacity of 1,211 cc (73.9 cu in) and a compression ratio of 9.1:1, and is designed to work with regular automotive gasoline, with up to 10% ethanol.
Skyranger Original model, introduced 1990. [2]Skyranger Vfun Renamed original model for the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight class. Standard engines available are the 64 hp (48 kW) Rotax 582 two-stroke, the 80 hp (60 kW) Rotax 912UL, the 100 hp (75 kW) Rotax 912ULS, 85 hp (63 kW) Jabiru 2200, the 60 to 80 hp (45 to 60 kW) VW and the 60 hp (45 kW) HKS 700E four-stroke ...
In 2016 the design set an FAI Class R (Microlights and paramotors) world speed record for absolute speed of 323.82 km/h (201 mph) with a standard Rotax 912 engine. [8] For this record the pilot Alberto Porto, who is also the CEO of Swiss Excellence Airplanes, received an Oscar from VFR Magazine [9] and the De la Vaulx Medal by the FAI.
Version powered by a 48 kW (64 hp) Rotax 582 engine. Price in 2003 was £16,450. [2] Blade 912 Version powered by a 60 kW (80 hp) Rotax 912UL or the 74.5 kW (100 hp) Rotax 912ULS. In 2003 it was reported that the Blade 912 accounted for the majority of customer orders. Price in 2003 was £21,800. [2]
Aircam at Lake County Airport (Colorado), highest airport in the U.S. Pusher engine installation of two Rotax 912ULSs in a Lockwood Aircam. The Lockwood Aircam (also called the Air Cam and AirCam) is a high-wing, twin engine pusher configuration aircraft with conventional landing gear, based on the single engine Lockwood Drifter and sold in kit form by Lockwood Aircraft.
The mid-model, which adds an instrument pod, wheel pants, a retractable wing-mounted pylon with a gas strut, pylon fairing, extra stowage and powered by the Rotax 582, twin cylinder, two-stroke, liquid-cooled engine of 48 kW (64 hp). Price in 2000 was US$16,500 ready to fly. [1] [2] Quantum SuperSport/Quantum 912
The Ikarus C42 is a single-engined high-wing monoplane with side-by-side seats for two in a 1.22 m (48 in) wide cabin. The C42 is manufactured with either an 80 hp (60 kW) Rotax 912 engine or a 100 hp (75 kW) Rotax 912s engine. The Rotax engine has a low fuel consumption and relatively low noise.
By 2014, Rotax had produced and sold 50,000 of 912/914 four-stroke engines. [5] Later models increased power, with several variants of the 912 family, and a new 100 kW (135 hp) Rotax 915 iS . [ 5 ] [ 20 ]