AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE MANUAL
DFE-AMM-AR1
Rev. 1 – 07/24/2014
4-1
Section 4 – ENGINE
4.1.
GENERAL
This Section identifies the line maintenance, minor repair, and minor alteration tasks that can be
accomplished in the aircraft engine and correlated items by the Aircraft owner (only for ELSA), a Sport Pilot
or higher or a holder of an LSA repairman certificate with either an inspection or maintenance rating.
Refer to the BRP-Rotax Maintenance Manual, supplied with the Aircraft documentation, for any other
maintenance, major repairs, or major alterations, as outlined in ASTM F2483 Sections 7 through 9, that are
not covered by this Maintenance Manual.
4.2.
ENGINE
4.2.1. Description
The Rotax 912 ULS installed on Alto is a 4-stroke, 4 cylinder, horizontally opposed, spark ignition
engine and has one central camshaft, push-rods, OHV, liquid cooled cylinder heads, ram air cooled
cylinders, dry sump forced lubrication, and dual breaker-less capacitor discharge ignition.
The engine is fitted with an electric starter, AC generator and mechanical fuel pump. Prop drive is via
reduction gear with integrated shock absorber.
For more information about the technical data of the engine, go to Paragraph 1.10, on Section 1 of
this Manual.
Refer to the Rotax documentation for more details about different versions.
Figure 4-1 –
Rotax Engine