industries . brp rotax gmbh & co kg type private company industry mechanical engineering founded 1920 headquarters gunskirchen austria products internal combustion engines owner brp powertrain management gmbh brp holdings austria gmbh parent bombardier recreational products website www.rotax.com rotax is the brand name for a range of internal combustion engines developed and manufactured by the austrian company brp rotax gmbh & co kg 1 until 2016 brp powertrain gmbh & co. kg in turn owned by the canadian bombardier recreational products . rotax four stroke and advanced two stroke engines are used in a wide variety of small land sea and airborne vehicles . bombardier recreational products brp use them in their own range of such vehicles . 2 in the light aircraft class in 1998 rotax outsold all other engine manufacturers combined . 3 contents 1 history 2 products 2.1 aircraft engines 2.2 karting engines 2.3 oem 3 references 4 external links history edit the company was founded in 1920 in dresden germany as rotax werk ag . in 1930 it was taken over by fichtel & sachs and transferred its operations to schweinfurt germany . operations were moved to wels austria in 1943 and finally to gunskirchen austria in 1947 . in 1959 the majority of rotax shares were taken over 4 by the vienna based lohner werke a manufacturer of car and railway wagon bodies . in 1970 lohner rotax was bought by the canadian bombardier inc. the former bombardier branch bombardier recreational products now an independent company uses rotax engines in its ground vehicles personal water craft and snowmobiles . 2 products edit aircraft engines edit rotax 503 rotax 582 mounted in a quad city challenger ii rotax supplies aircraft engines for ultralight aircraft light aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicles . rotax engines designed specifically for light aircraft include both four stroke and two stroke models . current models are rotax 912 series four stroke rotax 914 series four stroke rotax 915 series four stroke rotax 582 ul two stroke historical models no longer in production include rotax 277 two stroke rotax 377 two stroke rotax 447 ul two stroke rotax 503 ul two stroke rotax 532 ul two stroke rotax 535 certified two stroke 5 rotax 618 ul two stroke karting engines edit the company developed the rotax max engine for karting . this 2 stroke engine series was launched 1997 . 6 oem edit the company also produces unbranded engines parts and complete power trains for original equipment manufacturers oem . 7 uses include motor bikes and scooters with complete engines including the rotax 122 and rotax 804 . 8 motorcycle manufacturers using rotax engines include aprilia bmw f and g series buell and ktm . citation needed references edit brp powertrain gmbh & co. kg 2014 . company profile at brp powertrain.com . retrieved 1 september 2014 . a b bombardier recreational products & vehicles brp usa . brp.com . retrieved 24 september 2015 . gunston w. ; world encyclopaedia of aero engines 4th edition patrick stephens ltd 1998 page 170 . company history up to 1969 . retrieved 14 february 2012 . the glaser dirks dg500m . aopa.org . retrieved 24 september 2015 . gschossmann dominik . kart engine business of brp powertrain . rotax kart.com . retrieved 24 september 2015 . gschossmann dominik . we build your engine home . rotax oem.com . retrieved 24 september 2015 . startseite . brp rotax . retrieved 24 september 2015 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to rotax . external video how rotax builds aircraft engines on avweb official website rotax aircraft engines list of rotax engines applied to new build aircraft v t e rotax aircraft engines two stroke piston engines 185 277 377 447 462 503 532 535 582 618 four stroke piston engines 912 914 915 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title rotax & oldid 734199522 categories aircraft engine manufacturers of austriabombardier recreational productscompanies established in 1920kart manufacturersmotorcycle engine manufacturersmotorcycle manufacturers of austriatwo stroke gasoline enginesautomotive motorsports and performance companiesaustrian brandshidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from june 2015commons category with page title same as on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages e tinadeutschfran aisitalianomagyarnederlands norsk bokm lpolskisloven inasuomisvenska edit links this page was last modified on 12 august 2016 at 19 10 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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