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06-05-2016, 07:48 AM
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Rotax 915iS
Is there any information (rumors) of which aircraft Van's is going to support this engine in? 
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06-05-2016, 01:43 PM
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I doubt they are planning on anything, but that engine would rock in the -9(A)!
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06-05-2016, 04:31 PM
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I doubt they are planning on anything, but that engine would rock in the -9(A)!
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Second that opinion!!!!
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06-05-2016, 05:17 PM
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I wouldn't want one in a -9A. Not enough power, too much ballast would be required and would cost way too much.
A 915iS in a -12 would be amazing! Someone should do it soon!
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06-05-2016, 06:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Mike H
I wouldn't want one in a -9A. Not enough power, too much ballast would be required and would cost way too much.
A 915iS in a -12 would be amazing! Someone should do it soon!
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Guys...this is a e-las...what are you thinking of. The 912 will take to the limits..
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Ric Dickison
307 (CAB) Phantom
Search and Destroy (Can Tho RVN)
Distinguished Flying Cross Society Member
CH-47 & UH-1H "Driver"
Rotax 9 Series Service IRMT
RV-12 Kit#729 "N312RD" is now a full functioning fun machine!! Thanks Van for fulfilling my dream😎
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06-05-2016, 06:49 PM
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That's why I am saying the -9. It can be built with an O-235, so a lightweight 135HP with a turbo would smoke at altitude. Yes, ballast or a longer-than-normal nose may be needed, but it would be a smoking machine at 12-17,500 feet.
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06-05-2016, 09:34 PM
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Ballast? ballast
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That's why I am saying the -9. It can be built with an O-235, so a lightweight 135HP with a turbo would smoke at altitude. Yes, ballast or a longer-than-normal nose may be needed, but it would be a smoking machine at 12-17,500 feet.
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....weeee don' neeeeeed NO steeenkin' ballast.....
now, ammo bay????........smoke oil tank????, NOW you're talkin'. 
( pulls Walter Mitty helmet tightly over ears....."bogey, on your six.....chaff.....flares.....switchin' to guns! "
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06-06-2016, 08:04 AM
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Originally Posted by Phantom30
Guys...this is a e-las...what are you thinking of. The 912 will take to the limits..
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Not everyone builds a RV-12 as an E-LSA.  There's always room for experimentation. That said, a 915 would almost certainly take the RV-12 out of the light sport category. A 912is, however...
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