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| Company type | Private company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Mechanical engineering |
| Founded | 1920 |
| Headquarters | , |
| Products | Internal combustion engines |
| Owner | BRP-Powertrain Management GmbH, BRP Holdings (Austria) GmbH |
| Parent | Bombardier Recreational Products |
| Website | www |
Rotax is the brand name for a range of internal combustion engines developed and manufactured by the Austrian company BRP-Rotax GmbH & Co KG[1] (until 2016 BRP-Powertrain GmbH & Co. KG), in turn owned by the Canadian Bombardier Recreational Products (BRP). Under the Rotax brand, the company is one of the world's largest producers of light piston engines.[2]
Rotax four-stroke and advanced two-stroke engines are used in a wide variety of small land, sea and airborne vehicles. Bombardier Recreational Products use them in their own range of such vehicles.[3] Since the 1990s, Rotax has been the world's dominant supplier of engines for ultralight aircraft and light sport aircraft, and a major producer of engines for other light aircraft.[4][5][6][7][8]
- ^ BRP-Powertrain GmbH & Co. KG (2014). "Company profile at brp-powertrain.com". Archived from the original on 17 March 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
- ^ Gunston, Bill: "Rotax", in "Austria", in "Aero Engines," in Jane's All the World's Aircraft, 1995-96, (1995), page 690, ISBN 0-7106-1262-1, Coulsdon, Surrey, U.K.
- ^ "Bombardier Recreational Products & Vehicles - BRP USA". brp.com. Archived from the original on 14 June 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
- ^ Gunston, W.; "World Encyclopaedia of Aero Engines", 4th Edition, Patrick Stephens Ltd, 1998, Page 170.
- ^ Busch, Mike: "Outside the Box: The Rotax 912 is delightfully different," June 1, 2017, AOPA Pilot, Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, retrieved June 29, 2023
- ^ Pimentel, Dan: "A Deep Dive into Rotax LSA Engines: Phil Lockwood provides insight on the most popular light sport engine," February 18, 2022, Flying, retrieved June 29, 2023
- ^ "Troubleshooting the Rotax ultralight aircraft engines," Ultralight News, retrieved June 29, 2023
- ^ Wanttaja, Ron: "Homebuilt Accidents: Passing the Engine Baton," December 19, 2022, Kitplanes, retrieved June 29, 2023