>>>>>>Rotax extended TBO for the 912 series to 2000 h and 15 years. <<<<<<
Hey Roland,
Do you have a link for that? Everything I've seen on the Rotax owners group
indicates 1500 hour TBO on the 912 that has been upped from 1200 hours. Is
this something recent? The Jabiru 3300 has a 2000 hour on the solid lifter
version for TBO, (not sure about the hydraulic lifter version) but it is
recommended that you top the engine (overhaul the heads) at 1000 hours. The
cost to fully overhaul a 3300 was quoted to me last November at around
$6000, plus shipping. What is the cost to overhaul a Rotax 912? I was quoted
"half the price of a new engine" for a non-certified 912 overhaul by the
Rotax folks at Sun-n-Fun a few years ago. I'm scared to ask for my certified
912S. The reduction gear will never make it to 2000 hours, though. 600-700
hour TBO seems more likely. In fact, Lockwood recommends overhauling the
reduction gear at 500 hours as of the last time I talked to them, rather
than letting if fail, then overhauling it. Apparently, it's cheaper in the
long run to have the reduction gear overhauled earlier, as opposed to
waiting until you have problems with it.
>>>>>More than 30.000 built by now. No need to say more.<<<<<
Ford built over 84,000 Edsels between 1958 and 1960, but that didn't make
them anymore reliable. 50 years later the name "Edsel" is still synonymous
with failure. Sort of like how "Rotax and "expensive" have become
synonymous.....
Regards,
John Lawton
Whitwell, TN (TN89)
N245E - Flying
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