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How Tech Made the Rotax a Monster

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Any airplane developed since the early 1950s needing around 160 hp was probably penned with this engine in mindor its slightly larger but fundamentally similar O-360. cubic inches of it, to create a tidal wave of torque that permits it to run a paltry 2,700 rpm at the max. The familiar great-gray aero engine uses displacement, all 319.8

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