Pietenpol-List: Rotax powered Pietenpol in UK
Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 8:41 pm
Original Posted By: "Dennis Engelkenjohn"
Just saw on the UK Pietenpol Club's website that a Pietenpol has been successfullyfitted with a 100 HP Rotax engine. The plane, G-BYFT was originally poweredby a Subaru engine, but the owner wasn't satisfied with the performance. Accordingto the article describing the conversion, he considered switching to aC-90 or O-200, but the cost was prohibitive. Apparently the cost of a new Rotax912S in the UK is comparable to the cost of a rebuilt O-200, and considerablycheaper than a new O-200. Different story on this side of the pond, I think,since a new Rotax runs about $20,000, which could probably buy you a couple oflow time O-200s, or almost buy a brand new O-200 Lightweight (List price $21,500).Personally, I'm not crazy about the sound of high revving engines on Pietenpols,but thought this might be of interest to some. Here's the link to the UK PietenpolClub website. The article can be found there.http://www.pietenpolclub.co.uk/#Bill C.Read this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... __________
Just saw on the UK Pietenpol Club's website that a Pietenpol has been successfullyfitted with a 100 HP Rotax engine. The plane, G-BYFT was originally poweredby a Subaru engine, but the owner wasn't satisfied with the performance. Accordingto the article describing the conversion, he considered switching to aC-90 or O-200, but the cost was prohibitive. Apparently the cost of a new Rotax912S in the UK is comparable to the cost of a rebuilt O-200, and considerablycheaper than a new O-200. Different story on this side of the pond, I think,since a new Rotax runs about $20,000, which could probably buy you a couple oflow time O-200s, or almost buy a brand new O-200 Lightweight (List price $21,500).Personally, I'm not crazy about the sound of high revving engines on Pietenpols,but thought this might be of interest to some. Here's the link to the UK PietenpolClub website. The article can be found there.http://www.pietenpolclub.co.uk/#Bill C.Read this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... __________