There is also the Honda VTEC CAM 125 package. Pretty slick setup. I
understand they are
redesigning the gearbox to cut 20 lbs. I know at least one other builder
planning to use this
unit. Alex Bowman is claiming 200 mph speeds at lower altitudes and that is
with a Warp
Drive prop!
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Glenn Crowder
>From: "Myron Haluschak" <myron.haluschak@sympatico.ca>
>Reply-To: europa-list@matronics.com
>To: <europa-list@matronics.com>
>Subject: Europa-List: Jabiru as alterantive
>Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 10:49:33 -0400
>
><myron.haluschak@sympatico.ca>
>
>Thanks to all who contributed to the Jabiru /Rotax post I put out. I was
>expecting a spirited dialogue, and got just that.
>Certainly alot goes to those running the Rotax now, but so too, to those
>making new paths with Jabiru: a very good engine.
>
>With my time at Oshkosh over many years, I have been seeing a shift of
>sorts, for an engine choice. Most were going with the Rotax, including
>myself years ago, but there is a shift in the kit manufacterer's choices.
>They are getting into the Jabiru line, simply because the consumer wants
>it. Not unlike the Murphy Rebel of mine, which also was designed and built
>around the early Rotax 80 hp.
>Now this plane sports a 180 hp Lyc in some cases, flies and performs well.
>It is simply a sign of evolution.
>I doubt the Rotax will be replaced... but I do believe that there is a good
>reason why the manufacteres are starting to switch from what they offered
>as standard equipment.
>The biggest advantage from an operator's view is running costs... two I
>spoke with, operating flight schools, cannot keep the economics down, and
>have switched to the Jabiru, and are satisfied with performance, operating
>costs, easier maintenance, and equal , if not more power.
>Not all of us are commercial operators, so the rigours of this type of
>flying won't be the norm, then again, for some it may be.
>All in all, I have obtained a wide cross section of information from many
>different people, with different exposures to both engines, and it has been
>interesting.
>Thanking you all again for your inputs.
>
>Myron Haluschak USAF monowheel A049
>
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