Meet the engine that started it all: the Rotax Type 642! 🛠️ Originally modified from our Type 640 snowmobile engine, this aviation marvel was our first to be certified by aviation authorities for safety. ✅ The Type 642, which delivered 40 PS, was an air-cooled, two-cylinder engine with an electric starter ⚡ and a TBO of 300 hours. Its introduction in the early 1970s set new safety and performance benchmarks, forever changing the world of ultralight aviation 🛫. But that's a tale for another day

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ROTAX 912 iS / iSC Sport Based on the proven concept of the Rotax 912 S/ULS engine, the new 912 iS Sport engine offers all well known advantages of the Rotax 4-stroke engine series complemented by additional features, for example, the engine management system 🔹 100 hp 🔹 4-cylinder 🔹 4-stroke liquid-/air-cooled engine with opposed cylinders 🔹 Dry sump forced lubrication with separate oil tank, automatic adjustment by hydraulic valve tappets 🔹 Redundant electronic fuel injection 🔹 Engine man