Yamaha Looks At Airplane Engines (Corrected) - AVweb

My point was, the O-320 and O-360 engines are the “meat and potatoes” of GA powerplants. Focusing on anything powered by something else would be a much smaller market share.

It’s a darned shame – in this ‘modern’ era of gas fueled engines – that Lycosaur can’t economically build a computer controlled engine variant of those engines. Just look at the difference between a 912ULS and a 912iS. If the price of an overhaul or new O-320 keeps rising … they’ll price themselves right out of existence. Certainly, inflation plays a role but the right engine at the right price would be a winner IMHO. In 1990, I bought a factory new O-320-D2G for $13,500 (one of the engines built for the Piper Cadet). Today, that same engine is approaching $50K. There’s your problem !!