Friday, 23 March 2012

Rotax

BRP-Powertrain GmbH & Co KG1234 (until 2008 BRP-Rotax GmbH & Co. KG), frequently accepted artlessly as Rotax, is an Austrian engine manufacturer. It develops and produces four-stroke and avant-garde two-stroke engines for Bombardier Recreational Articles (BRP) articles (Ski-Doo and Lynx snowmobiles, Sea-Doo aircraft and action boats, Can-Am quads and roadsters) as able-bodied as for motorcycles, scooters, karts, ultra ablaze and ablaze aircraft.

History

The aggregation was founded in 1920 in Dresden, Germany as ROTAX-WERK AG. In 1930 it was taken over by Fichtel & Sachs and transferred its operations to Schweinfurt, Germany. Operations were confused to Wels, Austria in 1943 and assuredly to Gunskirchen, Austria in 1947. In 1959, the majority of Rotax shares were taken over5 by the Vienna-based Lohner-Werke, a architect of car and railway wagon bodies. In 1970 Lohner-Rotax was bought by Bombardier Inc. The above Bombardier branch, Bombardier Recreational Products, now an absolute company, uses Rotax engines in its motorcycles, claimed baptize craft, and snowmobiles.6

The aggregation complete alone two-stroke engines until 1982, if it started architecture four-stroke engines and aircraft engines. Other important dates cover 1962, if a Rotax engine was aboriginal installed in a snowmobile and 1989, if Rotax accustomed FAA Type Certification for its Model 912 A aircraft engine.citation needed

In 2008, Rotax started accomplishment the 1,125 cc Helicon liquid-cooled, four-stroke, fuel-injected 72° V-twin for the Buell Motorcycle Company.citation needed

Snowmobile engines

Today's applications cover two- and four-stroke, one- to three-cylinder engines with displacements amid 270 and 1,500 cc and a achievement ambit of 27 to 156 hp (20 to 116 kW) in approved consecutive execution.

Engine Type 1304

Engine Type 995 SDI

Engine Type 797 R E-TEC

Engine Type 797 R

Engine Type 793 HO

Engine Type 779

Engine Type 593 HO E-TEC

Engine Type 593 HO SDI

Engine Type 593 HO

Engine Type 593 RS

Engine Type 593 SS

Engine Type 552

Engine Type 536

Engine Type 810

Engine Type 453

Engine Type 440

Engine Type 401

Engine Type 377

Engine Type 277

Engine Type 462

Marine engines

Rotax started the common trend of claimed baptize ability to four-stroke engines with the actualization of their 4-TEC aircraft engines. Today they alone accomplish four-stroke engines in a straight-three butt configuration, accoutrement a ambit from 130 to 260 hp (97 to 190 kW).

Engine Type 1503 SC IC HO

Engine Type 1503 SC IC

Engine Type 1503 NA

Engine Type 1503 DT


ATV engines

Liquid-cooled, one- and two-cylinder, four-stroke engines are advised accurately for ATV applications. They awning a ambit amid 400 and 800 cc and appear either with gearboxes with foot-lever shifting, or with CVTs (continuous capricious transmissions); the 810 is now acclimated in snowmobile applications as well.

Engine Type 810

Engine Type 660

Engine Type 654 DS

Engine Type 490

Engine Type 449

Engine Type 400


Motorcycle engines

The 1,125 cc Helicon engine developed for Buell is a lightweight, fast-revving, big-bore, short-stroke V-twin with a ample ability ambit peaking at 146 hp (109 kW) abreast the 10,500 rpm redline.

The twin-cylinder, V990, is ablaze and compact, antic magnesium butt arch and clamp covers and comes in assorted application configurations depending on car specific and architect specific demands.

The Type 122 & 123 engines were individual butt 125 cc engines as acclimated in Aprilia AF1 / RS125 models. These were top revving, top ability units application an bankrupt valve arrangement alleged RAVE (Rotax Automatic Variable Exhaust) to access aiguille ability while application low end torque.

Engine Type 1125 Helicon - Buell 1125R and 1125CR

Engine Type V990 - Can-Am Spyder, about-face trike 95 to 106 hp (71 to 79 kW), Aprilia (RSV 1000, Tuono) 139 hp (104 kW)

Engine Type 804 - BMW Motorrad, F800 alternation 85 hp (63 kW) and New F650GS 71 hp (53 kW).

Engine Type 654

Engine Type 504 - aboriginal four-stroke, acclimated aboriginal in the Can-Am 500 Sonic

Engine Type 122 - 22 kW (30 hp) (Successor to the 123 engine)

Engine Type 122 - 11 kW (15 hp) (same as the Type 122 22 kW engine, admitting belted by abatement of RAVE Ability valve).

Engine Type 123 - 25 kW (34 hp)

Engine Type 124 - 17.5 kW (23 hp) two-stroke air cooled individual cylinder

Engine Type 174 - 18 kW (24 hp) two-stroke air cooled individual cylinder

Engine Type 244 - 25.5 to 27.3 kW (34 to 37 hp) two-stroke air cooled individual cylinder

Engine Type 281 - 26.2 kW (35 hp) two-stroke air cooled individual cylinder

Engine Type 406 - 31.6 to 32.3 kW (42 to 43 hp) two-stroke air cooled individual cylinder

Engine Type 486 - 50 hp (37 kW) 482.3 cc two-stroke engine acclimated on Cam-am 500 MX

Engine Type 560 - 48 hp (36 kW) 562.1 cc air cooled 4 achievement engine acclimated on Cam-am 560 Sonic MX

Scooter engines

Rotax engines accept been acclimated in scooters by Aprilia, NV Nederlandse Scooterfabriek (Bitri scooters), BMW and Lohner. The aboriginal use of Rotax-Sachs 98 cc and 123 cc engines were from 1950 in Lohner scooters.

Engine Type 120/120S - 10 kW (13 hp) Aprilia Leonardo and (S) Scarabeo 125 cc

Engine Type 154/154S - 10.5 kW (14 hp) Aprilia Leonardo and (S) Scarabeo 150 cc

Engine Type 177S - 12 kW (16 hp) Aprilia Scarabeo 175 cc


Kart engines

Rotax began designing kart engines 25 years ago.clarification needed The two-stroke engines ambit from the 125 MAX to the 125 MAX absolute drive.

KART RM1

Engine Type FR125 MAX DD2

Engine Type FR125 MAX

Engine Type FR125 JUNIOR MAX

Engine Type FR125 MINI MAX

Engine Type FR125 MICRO MAX

Engine Type 256 250 cc twin

Engine Type 257 250 cc single


Aircraft engines

Rotax food aircraft engines for Ultralight aircraft, ablaze aircraft and unmanned aeriform vehicles.

Four achievement engines

Engine Type Rotax 914 F/UL

Engine Type Rotax 912 S/ULS

Engine Type Rotax 912 A/F/UL

Two achievement engines

Engine Type Rotax 618 UL - no best in production

Engine Type Rotax 582 UL

Engine Type Rotax 532 UL - no best in production

Engine Type Rotax 503 UL

Engine Type Rotax 447 UL

Engine Type Rotax 377 - no best in production

Engine Type Rotax 277 - no best in production