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9 cylinder Rotec Raadia R3600 powered Spacewalker II flying
Georg's Bushbaby FLYING
JRL completes 2 new R2800 powered motorbikes!
R2800 Geta a "WOW!"
Completed KF4
R2800's first start on David's Funk B
See NEW videos added
John Kerr's  Hatz Classic FLYING
Phantom II takes to the skies. SENSATIONL!
Harry Leopold Completes Warner Sportster II
Nicola 's Spirit Flying
Blake Thomas and  Sandy with his R2800 Powered Nieuport 28 Completed!
Karim & Sergio Complete Their Murphy Spirit
Early Days of Craig's Modified Spacewalker Project
Wow!
Petr Svoboda FLYING!
Bill R3600 fires up!
Pascal and his AWARD winning Bleriot XI Flying
Bill Prokes 1Kitfox 4 Flying
Don Warner completes cowling on his Luscombe Model 4
More detailed drawings of Mount and tank Added
Bleriot Flying
Joe Meteres: 3 great  new in flight  pics
Dudley Pattison provides a full report on progress made.
Candice Uhlir Makes great progress on her N17
Don Saint prepares for 1st run of his R2800
2 New Weller Sprints
Skip and his 1st of a kind Hatz Bantam
Barry Mocabee completes recess for the R28800's acc's.
Look 4 "New Video". Cool!
Robert Garcia's N17 Wing+Instruments+1st EngineStart
Flitzer boot cowel and engine trial mount
NEW! Bristol Boxkite
RANS fuse and wings due for covering
NEW! Jim Swick completes his Swick T
NEW! Criquet (or radial powered Storc) nears completion.
Keith Littlely's 1st of a kind LittleWing  Video
Michel moving to hanger. Oil tank, frame and wings complete.
Frank Darby's Autogyro

Aerolab anounces New Bipe!
Sensational  Aircraft by Ales Kremen!
AVRO 504  by John Gaetner - work begins
NEW PROJECT - AIM Student Project Chesapeake
Hans and Sam Modified Hatz Classic
Vladimir and Petr Handlik's Caudron GIII project
NEW - Nicola and Stefano's Muphy Spirit - Engine 1st Start!
Mick Dye gets the CH200 Painted and fitted out with a cowl on theRotecRadial
Mike Grisham's 1st Flight 19th May 08
Rod completes his Rebel . Superb job.
EAA Bipe Ready For Flight Testing.

Marco Flying In Brazil
Kurtis Arnold makes good progress
Shawn Disney makes progress on his CIRCA N12
New project by Niel Ring
Great Old Timer!
CANDICE UHLIR: gets fuse, wheels  well on the way
Dick Navratil's Piet FLYING! Also see Feb Issue of EAA Magazine
Wolfgang mounts R2800 to Siebel Hummel S202C
Doug Kruger's Storch gets a R2800
Louie McGinnis well on the way with his Bakeng Deuce
Jim Cantrell's Kitfox V takes to the skies.
Simon Mears Flying - see You Tube vieos.
1st of a Kind - NEW Modified ASSO IV by Alessandro Andreis
More great pics!
Early Stages - Mount being designed
Now flying with a 3  blade prop.
Mark Serbantez Project
Zenair CH701  R2800 Power ed Takes to the Skies,
WOW!  Magnificently done!
New Nieport Projects added!
John Murphy Kitfox 4 Flying! Many features worth a look at!
A must read Publication GA Pilot Jan 07 on the Gere Sport
NEW: JD SPECIAL.
SENSATION - waiting for reg to fly

More MAGNIFICENT In Flight Pics!
Paul Musso Ready to install R3600 into his Fokker DVIII

Golavio completes 3rd Spirit.
Full Scale DR1
Rotec Powered Aircraft wins Grand Champion
Renegade Spirit + R2800 official press release by MURPHY MFG.
SEE WHAT YOU MISSED
First flight 17th Aug
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A REDESIGNEDRotec WEB SITE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. THE NEW SITE SHOULD BE UP AND RUNNING
EARLY 2010
HENCE THE CURRENT LACK OF NEW MATERIAL


Osh 09 Page!OSH 09 WHAT YOU MISSED
Pober Jr Ace with R2800
Bleriot with R2800
The new TBI Unit
Click on the thumbnail to Enter.

Osh09: See VIDEO by Dave Loveman Interviewing Rotec's Paul about the R2800, R3600 & TBI VIDEO Interview R28 R36 and TBI

TBI (Rotec's Mechanical Fuel Injection)Rotec TBI Fuel injection
TBI - 40 (Mechanical fuel injection)
Great New Affordable Fuel Injection For ALL Engines Engins 80HP through to 420HP and above.
Added pics: Rotec TBI-48 for O360 thro' to O540+
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INFO click on the thumbnail or click > TBI - 40 (Mechanical fuel injection)

SUN'nFUN 2009 AWARD! Pascal's Airdrome Aeroplanes Rotec R2800 Powered Bleriot Wins BEST PLANS BUILT LIGHT SPORT PLANE at SUN'nFUN 2009!
click here to see ...

Dave Loveman from
www.lightsportaircraft.ca
The world's first web video magazine covering lightsport & ultralight aviation interviews Paul Chernikeeff from Rotec at Osh 2007 Big file so please be patient - its worth patience.

Video Machine - assemble and runVideo of Rotec Radial being machined & assembled.
Video ends with a test run of the 9cylinder R3600.


JRL Chopper powered by R2800Videos of Radial Powered JRL Motorcycle

(many to select from including one demo on the Sturgis Drag Strip)

OSH 2008 What You Missed

Click to go to pageWhat You Missed at Osh 08.
See the Sopwith Pup on the Rotec Booth. Daily Engine Demo Runs
And the back wall of Rotec Powered Aircraft. Tim Gallagher 's Pober Jr Ace at Paul Poberezny’s ‘Aeroplane Factory’ tent
. Click to > View Osh 08 Rotec Booth

Narromine 08: what you missed.
Gere Sport Wins Best VH Registered Aircraft at Narromine 08.
Click on the thumbnail for what you missed. Flybaby was also on display.

Flybaby does a Flyby Rotec Wins Another Award at recent “Escape To Cowra” SAAA fly-in
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(news and pics to follow)

What You Missed at Osh 2007.
Dick Navratil's Sensational Piet
R2800 and R3600 on display
Daily Engine Demo Runs
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Gere Sport Wins Major Awards At Avalon 2007 (Largest Air Show in the Southern Hemisphere!)
Click here for news...

Read about the Little Stearman EAA article on Phil Swensen's
Fisher Celebrity
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The aircraft is now fondly known as the "Little Stearman"
(either click on the thumbnail or RH click and save for future reference...requires Adobe Acrobat )

Renegade Spirit + R2800 official press release by MURPHY MFG. Murphy MFG Press release October 06: Renegade Spirit R2800 option available.
Click here to view Official Release


See OSH 06 Highlights! OSH2006
See what you missed.
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(Click here to see the highlights including "that" chopper )

Jack Lenhardt's Bleriot takes to the skies - Bleriot lands at the McMinnville, OR. The plane is on view to the general public at the Evergreen Museum OR (location and info). Also please see Jacks Project page (here)

Video Clips R2800 . ............Video Clips R3600 You Tube

Rotec radial engines for the home-built and experimental markets.

 

Information on the latest updates:

Rotec Radial Coming Soon! rotecradial
8 WW1 Projects - 5 with R3600 + 2 with R2800 and one other!

9th Dec 2009: A REDESIGNED Rotec WEB SITE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. THE NEW SITE SHOULD BE UP AND RUNNING
EARLY 2010 HENCE THE CURRENT LACK OF NEW MATERIAL

21st Oct 2009: A new site has been developed for Rotec's TBI. Please send comments and error reports to Jim for de-bugging. Use the Orange button top left.

19th Oct 2009: Another great pic of Martin Hone's Spacewalker II.

15th Oct 2009: Photo of the month. Italy: Max Poggi's Murphy Renegade Spirit. Max's Renegade Sirit (Italy) - Rotec will feature one aircraft per month. Please send us your pic for qulification/selection; it needs to be large and hi res with a file size of 500K to 5+ Meg or an unmodified file transferred from the camera. Send your hi res pic for selection here:

15th Oct 2009: George Brink's takes his Bushbaby takes to the skies over South Africa.

16th Sept 2009: See practical results achieved with Rotec's TBI on a Jabiru - fuel burn, temps and settings -.TBI - 40 (Mechanical fuel injection) and then to Q.14 under FAQ's

15th Sept 2009: Added to TBI page 2 documents including Quick Start Installation and photographs showing dimensions (TBI-40-S) .TBI - 40 (Mechanical fuel injection)

7th Sept 2009: Osh09: See VIDEO by Dave Loveman Interviewing Rotec's Paul's about the R2800, R3600 & TBI VIDEO Interview R28 R36 and TBI

30th Aug 2009: R2800 Choppers by JRL video - fantastic clip showing 2 choppers doing their thing! Seeing Double

26th Aug 2009: George Brink's Bushbaby takes to the skies over South Africa - 2 great pics of this beautifully finished aircraft!

25th Aug 2009: Anna from Russia at Osh 09 next to the Pober Jnr Ace. See the link to "Osh 09 What You Missed"

25th Aug 2009: Jake and his R2800!

18th Aug 2009: Martin Hone sends in 2 more pics of his Spacewalker II one in flight and one at take off - great pics worth a look!

18th August 2009: Last days of TBI @ promo prices. For details on Promo Price and what the price is scheduled to become 1st Sept 09 > TBI - 40 (Mechanical fuel injection)

15th August 2009: What you missed at Osh 09 Osh 09 Page

12th August 2009: Bill prokes completes 40hours flight time. Posted up a great photo of his Kitfox 4 along with flight stats. Great update!

10th August 2009: Jake Schultz makes a start on his R2800 powered Pietenpol Project. As promised added text, diagrams and photos.

1st August 2009: David McCandless start the R2800 on his Funk B. Creates more spary under wet conditions...

11th July 2009: Martin Hone takes to the skies in his Rotec 9 cylinder R3600 powered Spacewalker II!! Magnificent plane - great pics -added more pics and a video of a take off.

10th July 2009: Videos (take off, flyby and landing) of Volker's R3600 powered Polikarpov I-16 with comments from Volker dated 9th July..

22nd June 2009: John Kerr takes to the skies over Utah in his Rotec R3600 Powered Hatz Classic. Sensational plane sensational pics...

20th June 2009: More videos added and 4 great still! Previously Posted on 17th June:Volker and his R3600 powered Polikarpov I-16 flying! See video of take off, fly by and landing! Wow! and Wow! and Wow

20th June 2009: Owners of Luscombe Silverair Aircraft Co John and Carol Deardon get approval for Rotec to use sensational pics taken of their Phantom II by Jessica Ambats ©

19th June 2009: Harry Leopold completes work on his Warner Sportster II. Ground testing and flight to follow. Beautifully detailed and finished aircraft.!

15th June 2009 : NEW - VIDEO ADDED also pics of final production Throttle Body Fuel injection system available to all Rotec owners and to other engine owners interested in improving performance at any attitude! Go here to learn more: TBI - 40 (Mechanical fuel injection)

6th June 2009: Nicola De Gobbi completes his Murphy Renegade Spirit and takes to the skies over Italy. Also see update to Golavio Project page access to these projects available from Nicola's page.

5th June 2009: On the 4th Added four new pics of this sensational aircraft and 3 photos of the cockpit detailed. On the fifth added an additional in flight pic.

1st Jun 2009: 1st Jun 2009: Karim & Sergio Complete Their Murphy Spirit. Ready for final testing and flight! Great looking plane!

1st Jun 2009: Luscombe by Silverair named Phantom II takes to the skies. Read the Plane&Pilot article and view their video - you will not be dissapointed!

1st Jun 2009: Early Days of Craig's Modified Spacewalker. New project.

31th May 2009: Arie's Murphy Renegade Spirit takes to the skies over Israel. New picture with a wow factor!

7th May 2009: Latest Rotec Radial powered motorcycle released by JRL. Great picture. News about next project - a R3600 powered motorbike!

6th May 2009: Petr Svoboda prepares his 1 and 1/2 Strutter for this season's flying - great in flight shots of a great looking plane!

6th May 2009: Bushbaby completed! Great work and a beautiful aircraft. Paperwork, ground testing and flight to follow.

24th April 2009: Bill Pieper mounts an Rotec Radial R3600 engine to his Starduster II - some great up close pics on his install including an engine start-up. "gotoUpdate"

20th April 2009: Two Videos of Pascal's Bleriot XI added to his and the Airdrome Aeroplanes page.

19th April 2009: Pascal Kremer's Bleriot takes to the skies with his R2800 powered Airdrome Aeroplanes Bleriot XI. Magnificent plane that will be crossing the Channel July 25th this year.

19th April 2009: Bill Prokes takes to the skies in his Kitfox 4. Reports on performance with some great numbers on climb and cruise.

19th April 2009: Martin Hone's Space Walker II gets wings - completed and pained (one pic only). "gotoUpdate"

6th April 2009: Volker intoduces a spinner and a retractable under carriage. On entry to the page click on "gotoUpdate"

5th April 2009: Don Warner completes work on the cowling on his Luscombe Model 4 - great work!

4th April 2009: More detailed drawings added of Engine Mount and Oil Tank for Murphy Rebel (Lukas Schatzman R3600).

1st April 2009: New programable Tacho available. See price and added information

31st March 2009: 1 pic of Airdrome Aeroplanes Bleriot flying!

30th March 2009: 3 new pics of Joe Meyeres Kitfox 4 flying over Kansas! Billiant pics of a beautiful plane.

30th March 2009: Dudley's great article describing progress made on his Flitzer Z1RA - some great pics and text!

26th March 2009: Nicola does a magnificent paint job on his Murphy Renegade Spirit, Ground testing about to start.

25th March 2009: Added some 'up close' pics on the engine and installation.to John Kerr's page on the R3600 powered Hatz Classic

27th Feb 2009: John Kerr's R3600 powered Hatz Classic - engine's 1st start! In a word - "Wow!"

26rd Feb 2009: Candice Uhlir makes progress with her CIRCA Nieuport 17. Fuselage nearing completion. Great attention to detail and authenticity!.

26rd Feb 2009: 2 Don Saint completes Installation of Rotec R2800. Nearing 1st start.

23rd Feb 2009: 2 New Weller Sprint are flying in Germany. Makes a total of 3 magnificent Weller R2800 powered Sprints flying over Germany.

23rd Feb 2009: Skip Honsperger starts on 1st of its kind Hatz Bantam! Early days with the fuselage partially completed. Working now on engine mount. Exciting aircraft!

17th Feb 2009: (NEW) 1st OF ITS KIND PROJECT by Don Saint. Don mounts the R2800 to his Kitfox SS and finds an interesting way to distribute oil for corrosion resistance..

14th Feb 2009: (NEW) 1st OF ITS KIND PROJECT by David McCandless. David is converting a Funk B from Continental C85 to a Rotec R2800. Engine mounted.

14th Feb 2009: Added an "in flight" pic of Blake Thomas's Nieuport 28 to Blake's Page and to Airdrome Aeroplanes Page.

13th Feb 2009: Blake Thomas takes to the skies over Texas in his full scale Nieuport 28 (Rotec R2800 power) - magnificent plane!

13th Feb 2009: Airdrome Aeroplanes Nieuport 28 added to gallery of completed aircraft. This N28 is Rotec R2800 powered. Owner Blake Thomas.

12th February 2009: Martin Hone makes great progress on his Spacewalker II - Engine mounted - covered nearing the point of painting and finishing. Great progress and work done. Sorry for delay in posting.

10th February 2009: Dudley Pattison submits a full account on the Z1RA construction to date . The document provided covers interesting issues encountered and their resolution.

9th February 2009: With a view to authenticity Barry Mocabee completes the recess for the R2800's acc's. This will place the engine closer to the firewall as intended by the late Graham Lee (CIRCA).

26th January 2009: 2 You Tube Videos added to Joe Meyeres Kitfox 4 Page. Bothe as seen from cockpit - take off and steep turn (bank).

10th Jan 2009: Pober Jr Ace VIDEO - Sart Up > Taxi > Take off > Fly by > Land > Shut down > Start up ... Pober flying! etc COOL VIEO Cool!

10th Jan 2009: You Tube VIDEO of Airdrome Aeroplanes Sopwith Pup and R2800 start up Sopwith Pup & RotecRadial R2800 Great sound, smoke and you can almost smell...

7th Jan 2009: Robert Garcia makes good progress on his Nieuport 17. Superb workmanship evident. Robert reports that the R2800 started easily.

5th Jan 2009: Trial Mount RotecRadial R2800 to Hervé's Stummelflitzer & boot cowel completed.

3rd Jan 2009: NEW! Bristol Boxkite project takes shape. Pusher cofiguration for Rotec's R2800.

31st Dec 2008: Jim Bardwell makes good progress on his RANS S7S with the fuselage ready for covering and wings nearly ready for covering.

27 th December 2008: Bill Prokes nears completion of his Kitfox 4. Video of R2800 starting up added

19th Dec 2008: New Video of Joe Meyeres landing his Kitfox 4 at dusk and coming to a stop

13th December 2008: Dave Loveman from www.lightsportaircraft.ca
The world's first web video magazine covering lightsport & ultralight aviation interviews Paul Chernikeeff from Rotec at Osh 2007. Its a large file but its'll be worth your patience: Big file so please be patient - its worth patience.