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- Fri Apr 26, 2024 10:04 pm
- Forum: DA20 Forum
- Topic: Rotax 912 overhaul cost and time
- Replies: 6
- Views: 440
Re: Rotax 912 overhaul cost and time
There isn't a rebuild option if you want to keep your engine in Certified Category. There are only two certified overhaul shops in the North America. Rotech Canada, and Lockwood. I was told Lockwood wouldn't do it and the engine is trash. New Engine Notes. 1: Engines are on a backorder of like 9 mo...
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 7:50 pm
- Forum: DA20 Forum
- Topic: Rotax 912 overhaul cost and time
- Replies: 6
- Views: 440
Re: Rotax 912 overhaul cost and time
Suggest you get in touch with Lockwood Aviation in Sebring. They can overhaul certified Rotax engines.
https://lockwood.aero/
https://lockwood.aero/
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 12:52 pm
- Forum: DA20 Forum
- Topic: Rotax 912 overhaul cost and time
- Replies: 6
- Views: 440
Re: Rotax 912 overhaul cost and time
Hey everyone! new DA20-A1 owner here! My engine is close to TBO and I was just wondering if anyone has recent experiance on how mych an overhaul costs for one of these puppies and how long I should expect the plane to be grounded. Thanks! Is the plane operated for commercial use? If not, there is n...
- Fri Apr 12, 2024 11:14 am
- Forum: Austro
- Topic: Austro engine reliability and safety
- Replies: 61
- Views: 45643
Re: Austro engine reliability and safety
Excuse me if this has been answered - but is there any hard data on AE300 engine failures per flight hour to compare against Lycoming? It will be difficult for you to obtain anything other than anecdotal information on the Austro. Diamond (Austro) for some unknown reason has held that data very clo...
- Thu Feb 29, 2024 2:28 pm
- Forum: Austro
- Topic: Diamond China announce its own 'independently designed' domestic aircraft diesel engine, the 'AEC2.0L'
- Replies: 30
- Views: 1607
Re: Diamond China announce its own 'independently designed' domestic aircraft diesel engine, the 'AEC2.0L'
A Chinese made knock off of an Austro diesel. Sign me up. How about an Austrian made knock off of a German Mercedes diesel? (i.e., the core of Austro AE300/AE330 engines, ever since Austro used up its supply of Mercedes OM640 engines) The quality of these engines might not be much different, especi...
- Thu Feb 29, 2024 1:16 pm
- Forum: Austro
- Topic: Diamond China announce its own 'independently designed' domestic aircraft diesel engine, the 'AEC2.0L'
- Replies: 30
- Views: 1607
Re: Diamond China announce its own 'independently designed' domestic aircraft diesel engine, the 'AEC2.0L'
A Chinese made knock off of an Austro diesel. Sign me up.
Hope these don’t become the TBR replacement engines down the road.
Hope these don’t become the TBR replacement engines down the road.
- Wed Feb 28, 2024 12:26 pm
- Forum: DA50 Forum
- Topic: DA50 vs The World
- Replies: 53
- Views: 4790
Re: DA50 vs The World
I was thinking about this more last night. I believe that the DA40NG is by far the best behaved, safest, useful, awesome GA airplane out there. If it was only a little bit bigger, with a little bit more useful load and FIKI. Oh!!! that is also known as a DA50RG I think that the DA50RG has everythin...
- Mon Feb 26, 2024 12:06 pm
- Forum: Hangar Talk
- Topic: Exploring professional path
- Replies: 9
- Views: 716
Re: Exploring professional path
Congratulations Emir! You have a great future ahead of you. I had 35+ years and wouldn't have traded it for any other career.
- Fri Feb 23, 2024 11:58 am
- Forum: Austro
- Topic: MSB-E4-042 - Crankshaft-bearing cap screws replacement
- Replies: 96
- Views: 9801
Re: MSB-E4-042 - Crankshaft-bearing cap screws replacement
There have been several of us saying the same things for years. This attitude is cultural and was instilled by Christian Dries himself. Hoping for a big change from Diamond is a fools errand in my opinion. And yet some of you continue to fork out $1.5 million on a DA62 and expect something dramatica...
- Sun Feb 18, 2024 10:48 pm
- Forum: DA40 Forum
- Topic: Alternatives for Plexus
- Replies: 8
- Views: 536
Re: Alternatives for Plexus
Several builders on the Van's forum highly recommend the Honda plastic cleaner/spray as a Plexus alternative. They claim it works just as well and is quite a bit less expensive. Honda P/N 08732-SCP00