Hello Jim,
I am an Australian builder about to install a 914. Could you pls tell
Me if yours uses a standard Europa fuel supply setup? If u built your
a/c
And have any specific advice about this engine install
I am like a dry sponge at the moment.
Reg
Tony Renshaw
Sydney Aussie
On 30/05/2010, at 9:44 PM, Jim Brown <acrojim7534@YAHOO.COM> wrote:
> I do not think that Rotax had any "certified" engines in 1998....
> Check the serial number, if it has UL after the serial number then
> it is not certified...at least to my thinking....
>
> Here in the U.S. if you install a "certified" engine in a
> experimential airplane then the engine becomes a non certified
> engine..Or words to that effect.
>
> I know some of the 912 S series of engines installed in the Light
> Sport airplanes are certified, I have not seen any 914 engines
> installed in certified light sport airplanes.....
>
> In 1998 Rotax did not have any TBO's on their engines, sometime in
> the mid-2000 they started showing TBO on the light sport aircraft
> and I think all of the Light Sport a/c are equiped with the 912 S
> series of engines.
>
> These are my thoughts, as to your questions... I have operated a 914
> since 2000 when I started flying a monowheel with a 914..At that
> time Rotax did not have any certified engines..
>
> Jim Brown
> N398JB
>
> From: zwakie <mz@cariama.nl>
> To: europa-list@matronics.com
> Sent: Sun, May 30, 2010 5:03:37 AM
> Subject: Europa-List: Re: Realistic price for 914F3?
>
>
> Anyone out there who can give me some direction on this?
>
>
> zwakie wrote:
> > Someone informed me about a Rotax 914F3 that will be coming up for
> sale in the near future.
> >
> > I was told that this fully certified engine:
> > - currently runs on a certified airplane
> > - will be taken off due to TBO coming up shortly (year of build:
> 1998)
> > - is in perfect shiny state ("looks like brand new")
> > - has 400 hours TT on the clock
> > - will be delivered with all parts and documentation that you
> would get when buying a new 914F3
> > - will receive a 600 hrs interval inspection and maintenance
> before it is being sold
> > - has all SB's/TM's completed
> > - has flown appr. 30 hours each year, without extended periods of
> non-running
> > - has always been maintained according to Rotax maintenance
> schedules
> >
> > To me this sounds like a perfect opportunity to have a certified
> engine for a homebuilt. But.... since I have not built my Europa
> myself, I have no clue about prices of engines.
> >
> > I would therefore highly appreciate all input I can get from the
> Europa-community on the subject of price: what do you think would be
> a realistic price for this engine based on above description?
>
>
> --------
> Marcel
> (Classic Tri-Gear PH-MZW - formerly G-BWON)
>
>
> Read this topic online here:
>
> http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=299335#299335
>
>
|