What is rotax engine?

[startinghandle]

On S4C farming there is competition to win new quad bike fitted with rotax engine but what is rotax engine

 

[Tim G]

A brand.

 

[Lincs Lass]

https://www.rotax.com/en/products/rotax-powertrains.html

 

[Jerry]

Can Am have Rotax engines

Think Rotax is part of the BRP group that own Can Am, Ski Do and make turbo Prop planes.

 

[PSQ]

A brand.

Owned by Bombardier, long established and widely used in light aircraft and ultralights; and becoming quite popular in go-karting. Youngest son races a 125cc 2 stroke Rotax 'junior' kart, reaches 76mph on the straights at 14,000 rpm.
They have a reputation for being pretty bomb proof.

 

[Tim G]

Can Am have Rotax engines

Think Rotax is part of the BRP group that own Can Am, Ski Do and make turbo Prop planes.

Wikipedia agrees with you.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotax

 

[Farmer Roy]

I have a 2002 model Aprilia Caponord motorbike that has a V twin 1000 cc Rotax engine
KTM also used that engine at one point.
Rotax built engines for the single cylinder BMW bikes also
You see Rotax engines in gyro copters ( where I would imagine reliability would be rather crucial )
As said, quality brand & part of a much larger organisation

 

[Red Fred]

The C42 we use on our archaeological reconnaissance flights has a Rotax.

 

[nick...]

Rotax made a huge amount of 2stroke motors for what was 250grand prix class racing back in the good old days of 2strokes. Where all rotary valve too.as said above they do a lot of stuff for Aprilia or did and those ski mobile things too
Nick...

 

[Y Fan Wen]

I got a bag from them at LAMMA. Took it with me to Canada as carry on baggage.
BRP, Ski-doo, lynx, sea-doo, evinrude, rotax, can-am is what is printed on it.

 

[Pheasant Surprise]

Owned by Bombardier, long established and widely used in light aircraft and ultralights; and becoming quite popular in go-karting. Youngest son races a 125cc 2 stroke Rotax 'junior' kart, reaches 76mph on the straights at 14,000 rpm.
They have a reputation for being pretty bomb proof.

Karts are probably the last hold out for their 2-strokes. Everything otherwise is 4 stroke.

Mind you some of their four-strokes triples are pretty sweet In supercharged guise....230hp or 300hp out of 1503cc or 1600cc. Not bad really. Although supercharger clutch washers are a bit tricksy if they go wrong.

 

[PSQ]

Karts are probably the last hold out for their 2-strokes. Everything otherwise is 4 stroke.

Mind you some of their four-strokes triples are pretty sweet In supercharged guise....230hp or 300hp out of 1503cc or 1600cc. Not bad really. Although supercharger clutch washers are a bit tricksy if they go wrong.

A friends dad flies with a 912 4 stroke. The 915is turbo in the Kitfox ultralight looks *really nice*, 141hp on 'land anywhere' bush tyres:

 

[Landrover]

My first enduro bike was a CCM Armstrong with a 250cc rotax two stroke, it was it bit lively, it was all or nothing with the power ! Good fun tho !

 

[2wheels]

I have a 2002 model Aprilia Caponord motorbike that has a V twin 1000 cc Rotax engine
KTM also used that engine at one point.
Rotax built engines for the single cylinder BMW bikes also
You see Rotax engines in gyro copters ( where I would imagine reliability would be rather crucial )
As said, quality brand & part of a much larger organisation

also the 800 parallel twins.