People who fly them.
Every quote below carries an engine serial and an hours figure, because a testimonial without numbers is just an adjective. The engines on this page alone have logged 8,163 hours.
- Operators
- 6
- Hours on type
- 8,163
- Quotes
- Verbatim
- Serials
- Published
On the record
Each card is drawn as the airframe that operator flies.
M160TMA-160T-0034
Redshank TS4
“I priced the incumbent, then I priced the Martlet with the parts book open on the second monitor. Same mission, £14,000 difference, and I can see what every gasket costs before I need one. It has started first turn every morning for two years, including the January it lived outside.”
R. Okafor
First-time builder — Redshank TS4, Gloucestershire
412 hours on type
M120 ×6MA-120-0107 … 0139
Sanderling LSA ×6
“Six engines across the training fleet, 5,800 fleet hours, mogas from the supermarket forecourt. Our direct operating cost fell by better than a third when we re-engined. Students notice the FADEC most — no carb heat drills, no plug fouling, just power set and fly.”
Ailsa McTeague
CFI & fleet manager — Inverness
5,840 hours on type
M120HMA-120H-0009
Fixed-wing survey UAV
“We selected the M120H for the 25 kW generator, stayed for the documentation. Full ICD, CAN frames published, harness drawings in the parts book. Integration took our team eleven days. Nothing else in this class treats an OEM like an engineering peer.”
T. Verhoeven
Chief engineer — a UAV airframe OEM
1,290 hours on type
M120MA-120-0221
Halden HA-9
“The firewall-forward kit arrived on one pallet with a torque schedule that actually matches the bolts in the bag. First start on the third day. It runs smoother at 4,900 than our old engine idled.”
J. & P. Halloran
Builders — Halden HA-9, County Clare
233 hours on type
M120HMA-120H-0014
Talvik TM-200
“Electric taxi to the launch point, engine-off. The grid queue is silent, the neighbours stopped writing letters, and we still climb at 950 ft/min with assist. The hybrid isn't a gimmick — it's the reason the club voted yes.”
S. Lindqvist
Motorglider syndicate — Össjö
388 hours on type
Service centreSC-UK-004
Overhaul bench
“As a shop, the difference is the manual. Torque values, wear limits and prices in one document, revision-controlled, free. We quote Martlet work in minutes. The 2,000-hour cores we've opened look like 800-hour engines.”
D. Whitcombe
Maintenance shop — Shoreham
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