Thanks for the response but I actually don't see it as ambitious at all but a rather simple project judging by the simplicity of the module itself. Could it be made more reliable, absolutely! That's already been determined. It's just sad that for a few pennies the module could be made far better and more reliable given the responses from the other electrical engineers that have inspected the unit and its components.
I understand that this is not a Rotax built part but built "for" Rotax by Ducati. This module worked for your purposes and this is what you chose. And yes we are all aware of the service letter.
What's really frustrating is that Rotax wants nearly $2000 from me to replace both of these modules. Given what we now know is inside and how easy they can be reverse engineered and duplicated for a mere fraction of that, do you think this is a fair price to us owners? Look at it this way, Rotax is asking for us to pay 11% of the costs of a brand new engine to replace the little ignition modules. Does that seem logical?
If it's a known issue that these 2006-2007 model year modules go bad why does Rotax no offer up a program to swap these out? Is Rotax working on a "better mouse trap"? Seems like there are more and more people recently with this same issue.
I'm not pointing blame at anyone specific but rather just venting at the cost of these modules when there is no way they should cost this much. I love my plane and the Rotax engine in it. It's the best engine out there for the LSA market in my opinion.
Why did Rotax stop the program where they offered the advanced start module "kit" with the 2 modules and easy start built in? I've searched high and low and can't find this anywhere. I'd gladly pay $931.12 for this "kit" with 2 modules if I could find one.
Can you offer me this same deal for the "kit" so I can repair my plane and enjoy flying again? These modules seem to be on backorder everywhere.
Thank you
