Engine overhaul planning

[TCABM]

Meh, macro conditions also affect OEMs. Their demand for for-revenue engines is about to take a dump. Recreational participants should start seeing a reversion, which is flat to lower prices when inflation adjusted, as their inventory sits and they stop being so hostile to small fry….

What concerns me more and more is diminished manufacturing sources (DMS) as a whole hitting the piston space; at some point the volume doesn’t exist to justify replacing inventory.

At Rotax, as an OEM makes engines for a broad variety of recreational appliances, not just planes. That kind of diversified industries partly enables parts and technology commonality across their entire line.

But if 160hp is going to be where they top out at in the aviation market (they’ve got a 240hp and 325hp motor in other segments), that’s pretty limiting although having all 160hp available up to the mid-teens ain’t the crutch it appears to be.

 

[farmrjohn]

One thing to watch out for is any case work that may be required which will extend the time period by a lot. I just found out that DivCo informed my shop that it will be another 120 days before the case work is done and they've had it since the first of the year. My shop got the engine (O200) in first of August last year, quoting about 8 months. They had it tentatively planned to be complete March 14 which is per their original estimate. I guess the good news is the case passed inspection enough to be re-worked.

 

[Jim K]

One thing to watch out for is any case work that may be required which will extend the time period by a lot. I just found out that DivCo informed my shop that it will be another 120 days before the case work is done and they've had it since the first of the year. My shop got the engine (O200) in first of August last year, quoting about 8 months. They had it tentatively planned to be complete March 14 which is per their original estimate. I guess the good news is the case passed inspection enough to be re-worked.

My experience with divco was to take any timeframe they gave me X4, as opposed to the usual aviation standard of X2.