The Sauer S 2400 UL is a 4 stroke aircraft engine for
homebuilt
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and
ultralight aircraft
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.
Sauer Flugmotorenbau GmbH
Design and development
The engine is based on the
Volkswagen air-cooled engine
The Volkswagen air-cooled engine is an Air-cooled engine, air-cooled, gasoline-fuelled, boxer engine with four horizontally opposed cast-iron cylinder (engine), cylinders, cast aluminum alloy cylinder heads and pistons, magnesium-alloy crankca ...
or the
Volkswagen Wasserboxer engine
The Volkswagen wasserboxer is an overhead-valve (OHV), flat four-cylinder boxer petrol engine developed by Volkswagen. "Wasserboxer", abbreviated as WBX, is a German compound noun where "wasser" indicates that the engine is water-cooled, and ...
. It is extensively modified for aircraft use and all the parts are custom made. The engine is derived from the certified engines produced by the same manufacturer and used in several motorgliders and small aircraft.
The engine can be delivered with aluminium or magnesium casing (Wasserboxer-casing or the casing from the
beetle
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engine), where the aluminium casing weighs 7 kg more.
Applications
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Groppo Trial
Specifications (variant)
See also
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Sauer engines
References
External links
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