Rotax

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BRP-Rotax GmbH & Co. KG, commonly known simply as Rotax, is an Austrian engine manufacturer, founded in 1920 in Dresden, Germany.

Operations were moved to Wels, Austria in 1943 and finally to Gunskirchen in 1947. In 1959, Rotax merged with the Vienna-based Lohner-Werke, a manufacturer of car and railway wagon bodies. In 1970 Lohner-Rotax was bought by Bombardier, who uses Rotax engines in their motorcycles, personal water craft, and snowmobiles^[1].

The company constructed only two-stroke engines until 1982, when it started building four-stroke engines and aircraft engines. Other important dates include 1962, when a Rotax engine was first installed in a snowmobile and 1989, when Rotax received Type Certification for its 912 A aircraft engine.

Contents 1 Products 1.1 Motors sourced by motorcycle manufacturers 1.2 Motors sourced by aircraft and auto manufacturers 1.3 Rotax branded products 2 References 3 External links

[edit] Products

[edit] Motors sourced by motorcycle manufacturers

• 1125 cc 72° V-twin in the 2008 Buell 1125R
• 998 cc 60° V-twin in Aprilia RSV Mille, other engines in various Aprilia models
• Engines used in Can-Am motorcycles (Both Rotax and Can-Am's parent company are/was Bombardier)
• Engines used in SWM motorcycles from 1977 to 1984 for trials and enduro bikes
• Engines used by Clews Competition Motorcycles (CCM)
• Engines used by ATK motorcycles
• Four-valve, single-cylinder, water-cooled engines used in the BMW F650, F650GS, F650CS and G650 series motorcycles
• Rotax 122 & Rotax 123 two stroke 125 cc engines used in the Aprilia RS125 motorcycle
• Engines used in various KTM models
• Engines used in various Bimota models
• 798 cc parallel twin in the BMW F800S and F800ST
• 650 cc single cylinder in the BMW F650 series
• 124 and 176 cc singles used in the BMW C1

[edit] Motors sourced by aircraft and auto manufacturers

• Rotax 912 and Rotax 914 four-stroke light aircraft engines and the Rotax 447, Rotax 503, and Rotax 582 two-stroke light aircraft engines
• Rotax 494 and 493 two stroke engines used in Sports Car Club of America F500 race cars

[edit] Rotax branded products

• Rotax Max range of kart engines
• RM-1, a ready-to-run kart

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official Website
• Rotax Aircraft Engines
• List of Rotax engines applied to new-build aircraft

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