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Rotax
BRP-Rotax GmbH & Co. KG, commonly known simply as Rotax, is an Austrian engine manufacturer. It develops and produces 4-stroke and advanced 2-stroke engines for karts and other non-automotive form of recreational transport. Over the past 50 years, the company has developed more than 350 engine models for recreational products and has produced more than six million engines.
History
The company was founded in 1920 in Dresden, Germany as ROTAX-WERK AG. In 1930 it was taken over by Fichtel & Sachs AG and transferred its operations to Schweinfurt, Germany.
Operations were moved to Wels, Austria in 1943 and finally to Gunskirchen in 1947. In 1959, Rotax merged with the Vienna-based Lohner-Werke, a manufacturer of car and railway wagon bodies. In 1970 Lohner-Rotax was bought by Bombardier Inc. The former Bombardier Inc. branch BRP, now an independent company, uses Rotax engines in its motorcycles, personal water craft, and snowmobiles.<ref>http://corp.brp.com/NR/rdonlyres/3F0275A3-1401-4042-8154-55CB76F60B74/0/2007_01_31_ETEC_backgrounder.pdf</ref>
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 Type Certification for its 912 A aircraft engine.
In 2008, Rotax started manufacturing the 1125 cc Helicon liquid-cooled, four-stroke, fuel-injected 72˚ V-Twin for the Buell Motorcycle Company.
Products
Kart engines
Rotax began designing kart engines 25 years ago. The 2-stroke engines range from the 125 MAX to the 125 MAX direct drive.
- KART RM1
- Engine Type FR125 MAX DD2
- Engine Type FR125 MAX
- Engine Type FR125 JUNIOR MAX
- Engine Type FR125 MINI MAX
- Engine Type FR125 MICRO MAX
- Engine Type 256 250cc twin
- Engine Type 257 250cc single
