Rotax

BRP-Powertrain GmbH & Co KG

Type	Private company
Industry	Mechanical engineering, Aerospace
Founded	1920
Headquarters	Gunskirchen, Austria
Products	Internal combustion engines
Owner(s)	BRP-Powertrain Management GmbH, BRP Holdings (Austria) GmbH
Parent	Bombardier Recreational Products
Website	www.rotax.com

BRP-Powertrain GmbH & Co KG^[1][2][3][4] (until 2008 BRP-Rotax GmbH & Co. KG), commonly known simply as Rotax, is an Austrian engine manufacturer, owned by the Canadian Bombardier Recreational Products.

The company develops and produces four-stroke and advanced two-stroke engines for Bombardier Recreational Products (BRP) products (Ski-Doo and Lynx snowmobiles, Sea-Doo watercraft and sport boats, Can-Am quads and roadsters) as well as for motorcycles, scooters, karts, ultra light and light aircraft.

History

The company 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 moved to Wels, Austria in 1943 and finally to Gunskirchen, Austria in 1947. In 1959, the majority of Rotax shares were taken over^[5] by the Vienna-based Lohner-Werke, a manufacturer of car and railway wagon bodies.

In 1970 Lohner-Rotax was bought by the Canadian Bombardier Inc. The former Bombardier branch, Bombardier Recreational Products, now an independent company, uses Rotax engines in its motorcycles, personal water craft, and snowmobiles.^[6]

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 FAA Type Certification for its Model 912 A aircraft engine.^{[citation needed]}

In 2008, Rotax started manufacturing the 1,125 cc Helicon liquid-cooled, four-stroke, fuel-injected 72° V-twin for the Buell Motorcycle Company.^{[citation needed]}. Rotax also designed, and currently produces, engines for BMW, Aprilia, and Husqvarna motorcycles.^{[citation needed]}

Products

Snowmobile engines

The snowmobile engine line includes two- and four-stroke, one- to three-cylinder engines with displacements between 270 and 1,500 cc and a power range of 27 to 167 hp (20 to 125 kW).^{[citation needed]}

• Engine Type 1004^{[citation needed]}
• Engine Type 1304^{[citation needed]}
• Engine Type 995 SDI^{[citation needed]}
• Engine Type 797 R E-TEC^{[citation needed]}
• Engine Type 797 R^{[citation needed]}
• Engine Type 809 triple^{[citation needed]}
• Engine Type 1203 4TEC^{[citation needed]}
• Engine Type 793 HO^{[citation needed]}
• Engine Type 670^{[citation needed]}
• Engine Type 593 HO E-TEC^{[citation needed]}
• Engine Type 593 HO SDI^{[citation needed]}
• Engine Type 593 HO^{[citation needed]}
• Engine Type 593 RS^{[citation needed]}
• Engine Type 593 SS^{[citation needed]}
• Engine Type 581^{[citation needed]}
• Engine Type 552^{[citation needed]}
• Engine Type 536^{[citation needed]}
• Engine Type 810^{[citation needed]}
• Engine Type 493^{[citation needed]}
• Engine Type 453^{[citation needed]}
• Engine Type 454^{[citation needed]}
• Engine Type 440^{[citation needed]}
• Engine Type 444^{[citation needed]}
• Engine Type 401^{[citation needed]}
• Engine Type 377^{[citation needed]}
• Engine Type 277^{[citation needed]}
• Engine Type 462^{[citation needed]}

Marine engines

Rotax started the worldwide trend of personal water craft to four-stroke engines with the unveiling of their 4-TEC watercraft engines. Today they exclusively manufacture four-stroke engines in a straight-three cylinder configuration, covering a range from 130 to 260 hp (97 to 194 kW).

• Engine Type 1503 BV IC HO w/ETC (Electronic Throttle Control) 260HP^{[citation needed]}
• Engine Type 1503 SC IC HO 255HP^{[citation needed]}
• Engine Type 1503 SC IC 215HP^{[citation needed]}
• Engine TYpe 1503 BV 185HP ^{[citation needed]}
• Engine Type 1503 NA 155HP^{[citation needed]}
• Engine Type 1503 DT 130HP^{[citation needed]}
• Engine Type 947 DI 2 Stroke (No longer in production)^{[citation needed]}
• Engine Type 947 2 Stroke (No Longer in Production)^{[citation needed]}
• Engine Type 787 RFI 2 Stroke (No Longer in Production)^{[citation needed]}
• Engine Type 787 2 Stroke (No Longer in Production)^{[citation needed]}
• Engine Type 717 2 Stroke (No Longer in Production)^{[citation needed]}
• Engine Type 657X 2 Stroke (No Longer in Production)^{[citation needed]}
• Engine Type 657 2 Stroke (No Longer in Production)^{[citation needed]}
• Engine Type 587 2 Stroke (No Longer in Production)^{[citation needed]}

ATV engines

Liquid-cooled, one- and two-cylinder, four-stroke engines are designed specifically for ATV applications. They cover a range between 400 and 1000 cc and come either with gearboxes with foot-lever shifting, or with CVTs (continuous variable transmissions); the 810 is now used in snowmobile applications as well.

• Engine Type 325^{[citation needed]}
• Engine Type 610^{[citation needed]}
• Engine Type 511^{[citation needed]}
• Engine Type 1010^{[citation needed]}
• Engine Type 810^{[citation needed]}
• Engine Type 660^{[citation needed]}
• Engine Type 654 DS^{[citation needed]}
• Engine Type 490^{[citation needed]}
• Engine Type 449^{[citation needed]}
• Engine Type 400^{[citation needed]}

Motorcycle engines

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

The twin-cylinder, V990, is light and compact, sporting magnesium cylinder head and clutch covers and comes in various horsepower configurations depending on vehicle specific and manufacturer specific demands.

The Type 122 & 123 engines were single cylinder 125 cc engines as used in Aprilia AF1 / RS125 models. These were high revving, high power units using an exhaust valve system called RAVE (Rotax Automatic Variable Exhaust) to increase peak power while retaining low end torque.

• Engine Type 1125 Helicon - Buell 1125R and 1125CR^{[citation needed]}
• Engine Type V990 - Can-Am Spyder, reverse trike 95–106 hp (71–79 kW), Aprilia (RSV 1000, Tuono) 139 hp (104 kW)^{[citation needed]}
• Engine Type 804 - BMW Motorrad, F800GT: 90 hp (67 kW); F800R: 87 hp (65 kW); F800ST, F800S & F800GS: 85 hp (63 kW), F700GS: 75 hp (56 kW), F650GS: 71 hp (53 kW).^{[citation needed]}
• Engine Type 654^{[citation needed]}
• Engine Type 504 - first four-stroke, used first in the Can-Am 500 Sonic^{[citation needed]}
• Engine Type 122 - 22 kW (30 hp) (Successor to the 123 engine)^{[citation needed]}
• Engine Type 122 - 11 kW (15 hp) (same as the Type 122 22 kW engine, though restricted by removal of RAVE Power valve).^{[citation needed]}
• Engine Type 123 - 25 kW (34 hp)^{[citation needed]}
• Engine Type 124 - 17.5 kW (23 hp) two-stroke air cooled single cylinder^{[citation needed]}
• Engine Type 904 Husqvarna^{[citation needed]}
• Engine Type 128 Road Racer^{[citation needed]}
• Engine Type 174 - 18 kW (24 hp) two-stroke air cooled single cylinder^{[citation needed]}
• Engine Type 244 - 25.5–27.3 kW (34–37 hp) two-stroke air cooled single cylinder^{[citation needed]}
• Engine Type 281 - 26.2 kW (35 hp) two-stroke air cooled single cylinder^{[citation needed]}
• Engine Type 406 - 31.6–32.3 kW (42–43 hp) two-stroke air cooled single cylinder^{[citation needed]}
• Engine Type 486 - 50 hp (37 kW) 482.3 cc two-stroke engine used on Cam-am 500 MX^{[citation needed]}
• Engine Type 560 - 48 hp (36 kW) 562.1 cc air cooled 4 stroke engine used on Cam-am 560 Sonic MX^{[citation needed]}

Scooter engines

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Rotax engines have been used in scooters by Aprilia, NV Nederlandse Scooterfabriek (Bitri scooters), BMW and Lohner. The first 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^{[citation needed]}
• Engine Type 154/154S - 10.5 kW (14 hp) Aprilia Leonardo and (S) Scarabeo 150 cc^{[citation needed]}
• Engine Type 177S - 12 kW (16 hp) Aprilia Scarabeo 175 cc^{[citation needed]}

Kart engines

Rotax began designing kart engines 25 years ago. The two-stroke engines range from the 125 MAX to the 125 MAX direct drive.

• KART RM1^{[citation needed]}
• Engine Type FR125 MAX DD2^{[citation needed]}
• Engine Type FR125 MAX^{[citation needed]}
• Engine Type FR125 JUNIOR MAX^{[citation needed]}
• Engine Type FR125 MINI MAX^{[citation needed]}
• Engine Type FR125 MICRO MAX^{[citation needed]}
• Engine Type 256 250 cc twin^{[citation needed]}
• Engine Type 257 250 cc single^{[citation needed]}

Industrial engines

• Engine Type Rotax 185 - fire fighting water pump engine also used as an aircraft engine

Aircraft engines

Rotax 503

Rotax 582 mounted in a Quad City Challenger II

Rotax supplies aircraft engines for ultralight aircraft, light aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicles.

Four stroke engines

• Engine Type Rotax 914
• Engine Type Rotax 912

Two stroke engines

• Engine Type Rotax 618 UL - no longer in production
• Engine Type Rotax 582 UL
• Engine Type Rotax 532 UL - no longer in production
• Engine Type Rotax 503 UL - no longer in production
• Engine Type Rotax 447 UL - no longer in production
• Engine Type Rotax 377 - no longer in production
• Engine Type Rotax 277 - no longer in production

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rotax.

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