> Greetings,
>
> My understanding of the rationale for the new starter option
> was that the new electric motor revved about twice the speed of
> the original. The value of this increase is that the engine is taken
> up to 600 rpm, well above the very cranky resonance where
> the engine shakes like it is about to come apart.
>
> I thought I might install it in my 912S, but the $400 starter
> also requires an $800 mod to the gear box ($ amounts approximate).
> I don't have a big resonance problem so far, but I was thinking forward
> to cold New York winters. My thought now is that if it is too cold to
> start, it is too cold to fly ;-)
What $800 mod to the gearbox ?
Richard
Richard F.W. Holder 01279 842804 (POTS)
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