Posted on 1/18/2017
During the press conference at the International Fly-In Expo Sun ‘n Fun, BRP gave an update on the development of the Rotax 915 iS, a 4-stroke, 4-cylinder turbocharged aircraft engine with intercooler and a redundant fuel injection system which is scheduled for serial production second half of 2017.
“The development process has advanced to the extent so that the maiden flight of the Rotax 915 iS aircraft engine was performed on March 12, 2016 at the airfield in Wels, Austria,”informed Marc Becker, sales manager, Rotax Aircraft Business. “Since that date our category 1 test pilot (highest level of education a test pilot can achieve) is testing the engine in real flig...