My engine failed on me a couple of months ago flying back home from the IOW in a flexwing - specifically the small end bearing broke up. By some miracle I limped home and it finally died on the runway at home and I had to push the last 400 yards.
Rotaxes aren't as bad as they make out, every Rotax failure I've had has ultimately been on the ground
I bought a second hand one to replace it, but that was configured wrongly. I'm still in the process of modifying and fitting my new engine to fit the aircraft, but it keeps me out of mischief in the bad weather and means that my group A flying is more current than it would otherwise have been. 'Tis an ill wind.
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