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by PacNW Pilot
Fri Dec 31, 2021 11:48 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 912iS Engine Pre-Heat / Cold Start
Replies: 3
Views: 17577

Re: 912iS Engine Pre-Heat / Cold Start

Nice! Good info, thx, I covered the cowl with a sleeping bag and it did the trick. The Reiff instructions aren't great and no existing Rotax install videos on YouTube, so I may have to create some content :) No wifi at my hangar, so going to build a GSM relay switch that I can use to turn on the pre...
by PacNW Pilot
Thu Dec 30, 2021 3:07 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 912iS Engine Pre-Heat / Cold Start
Replies: 3
Views: 17577

912iS Engine Pre-Heat / Cold Start

I own a Sling 2 S-LSA with the Rotax 912iS (fuel injected). Plane is hangared but the engine wouldn't start last week when it was ~42F out, so I put electric heating pads under the crankcase and oil sump and covered the top cowl with a sleeping bag for a couple hours and it fired right up. The set-u...