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Default Mid-90's ROTAX engines...
On Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:40:16 GMT, (Richard
Casady) wrote:

On Thu, 27 Aug 2009 21:17:57 -0700 (PDT), Scott Dickson
wrote:

WTF? This means that after 10 years,
they're toast.
They are not built to last.

200 hours a yeaar times ten is two thousand hours?
Just whaat is your expectation for a mill that runs near full power
much of the time.


I remember hearing somewhere, perhaps on an experimental aircraft
site, that 500 to 600 hundred hours is more typical. They put out a
lot of power for a small, lightweight engine - not conducive to
longevity however.
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