All of us light sport pilots support this effort. Four cycle Rotax engines cannot run on 100LL all the time so we bring our own mogas. This irritates our local FBO's and subjects our engines to ethanol. There have been some unexplaned engine failures of some 2 cycle Rotax engines, and I bet ethanol was a factor.
a bit too early i agree. 1 trip around the patch is a lot different than prolonged use. our engines were built for lead. unfortunate but true. at least this is a start.
All of us light sport pilots support this effort. Four cycle Rotax engines cannot run on 100LL all the time so we bring our own mogas. This irritates our local FBO's and subjects our engines to ethanol. There have been some unexplaned engine failures of some 2 cycle Rotax engines, and I bet ethanol was a factor.
pjouanet 2 years ago
I hear something detonating
savethedeveloper 2 years ago
a bit too early i agree. 1 trip around the patch is a lot different than prolonged use. our engines were built for lead. unfortunate but true. at least this is a start.
gottafly30 2 years ago
Amazing-they made it around the pattern once. And lived to tell about it. I went out to my FBO and noticed they were not selling 94UL yet.
vondeliusc 2 years ago
Are the pilot and flight test engineer members of the Dharma Initiative?
charcoal84 2 years ago
WOW - really proud of you. Awesome job!!!
kymbrleh 2 years ago
Goodbye lead!
PDXGreenRealty 2 years ago
Sounds like the engine dies on landing...
bar6009 2 years ago
The engine did not die on landing. What you are hearing is the pilot reducing throttle for landing.
macster1224 2 years ago