Who owns Rotax? What is special about a Rotax engine?

Up until 2016, the Austrian BRP-Powertrain GmbH & Co. KG, which is currently owned by Bombardier Recreational Products in Canada, designed and created a range of internal combustion engines under the name Rotax.

Modern two-stroke and four-stroke Rotax engines are used in a number of tiny lands, sea, and flying vehicles. They are utilized in Bombardier Recreational Products’ series of recreational vehicles (BRP). Rotax outsold every other aero engine manufacturer combined in the market for light aircraft in 1998.

 

As ROTAX-WERK AG, the business was established in Dresden, Germany, in 1920. Fichtel & Sachs acquired it in 1930, and it moved its activities to Schweinfurt, Germany. In 1943, operations were transferred to Wels, Austria, and then, in 1947, to Gunskirchen, Austria. A maker of vehicle and railroad wagon bodywork with its headquarters in Vienna, Lohner-Werke acquired the majority of Rotax shares in 1959.

Who owns Rotax?

Bombardier Recreational Products owns Rotax

What is special about a Rotax engine?

The fuel injection technology used by the Rotax® 912 iS Sport aircraft engine is comparable to the tried-and-true approach used by the automotive sector, but it has been enhanced for the stringent requirements of the aviation sector. The redundant Engine Control Unit (ECU) electrically regulates the fuel and air mixture.