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Rotax MX Courses: Thorough, Resourceful

There is some hands-on engine teardown and reassembly in the Lockwood 912 course, with engines rigged on stands, plus examples of ones installed on aircraft at Lockwood’s shop.

Going to Sebring, Florida-based Lockwood Aero’s Rotax engine school for a week—eight full hours per day with homework that begins weeks before you get there—seems daunting. For me that effort was worth it to extensively learn about the popular Rotax 912 ULS and 912 iS aircraft engines, and how to maintain and operate them.

If you build, fly or plan to do any work on a Rotax 912-powered aircraft, this hands-on course may be worth it to you, too. Here is a field report after successfully completing the courses.