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I live in the Colorado mountains, it's pretty cold here about 6mo of the year. Looking for a pre-heat on the 915 iS for managing cold weather engine starts.

I found this Tanis option, kinda pricy but looks like it will do the job:
https://www.tanisaircraft.com/product/p ... -2579-115/

Also this Reiff, but not sure if it will work will on a 915 iS.
http://www.reiffpreheat.com/Rotax912.htm

Anybody have experience with these two or recommendations beyond these options?

I’m going to (hopefully) be flying out of KBJC and am planning on installing the Tannis system. It’s been a while since I’ve had any interaction with Tannins but I recall them to be a good brand.

Also just an FYI as tempting as it is to install this during the build, I’m going to wait until after I’ve got it flying before I start adding something like that on so I make sure I don’t introduce any new issues before I’ve gotten first flight in.

Followup. I ended up installing the Reiff, so far it's working well here in CO.

How was the install process? Pretty straight forward?

I'm not going to put my heater on until after I fly off the test hours as I don't want to mess too much with that process until then.