Turbo Ximango - Oct 2006

We are looking to purchase a Super Ximango. Does anybody have any experience
with the turbo charged engine. Is there anything we should be looking for?
Tony Huber.

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Date:         Wed, 25 Oct 2006 21:01:44 -0600
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We are looking to purchase a Super Ximango. Does anybody have any experience
with the turbo charged engine. Is there anything we should be looking for?
Tony Huber

Hi Tony,

Yes, I have quite a few hours flying with the turbo which is the Rotax 914
engine.  Very similar to the 912 but there are differences like making the
engine driven fuel pump into another oil pump to scavange the oil from the
turbo since it is at the lowest part of the engine.

Some good things include great high altitude cross country performance and a
constant speed prop rather than the three position that the 912 uses.  This
also enhances the take-off performance.

Some detractions include heavier weight so that the legal usefull load is
reduced and it requires a longer cool down before air shut down for soaring.
It uses two electric fuel pumps since the engine pump is another oil pump.
This means the engine would not run with an electrical failure.  That has
never happened to my knowledge but it is a small safety consideration.

I will be leaving early Thursday morning for three days at the Copperstate
fly-in in Arizona so no e-mail until Sunday but the phone is 970-247-4529.

The folks at Ximango USA should soon have a turbo for resale.  Or, if you
want to save a few thousand on a nearly new AMT-200S with the 100 hp engine,
I could help you with my s/n 161 that is loaded with goodies including an
EFIS and Garmin 420.  As a dealer, I would then order another one!  Ximango
USA has three new ones on order at this time of which two are spoken for.

Cheers   Jim McCann