Sauer Flugmotorenbau

Sauer Flugmotorenbau GmbH
Company with limited liability
Industry Aerospace
Headquarters Ober-Olm, Germany
Key people
 Liliana and Martin Manthey
Products Engines, Engine maintenance, Aviation Products
Website Sauer Flugmotorenbau

Sauer Flugmotorenbau (Sauer Aircraft Engines) or "Sauer" is a German manufacturer of aircraft engines based at Ober-Olm in Germany.

History

The first certified 4 stroke engine entered the market in 1987. The 4 stroke engines are certified according to CS-22 Subpart H[1] for use in motorgliders, CS-LSA[2] and CS-VLA[3] type of aircraft. They also makes engines for use in ultralights and Homebuilt aircraft. The production consist of 4 stroke engines based on VW "Type 1" engines (commonly known as air-cooled beetle engines) and based on the later Wasserboxer. Sauer also makes 2-stroke engines.[4] There have been development of a turbocharged 2 cylinder 4 stroke engine based on the Weber MPE[5] "recreational engine" in 2009-2010, but no commercial available engine exists to date.[6]

Products

There are two main versions of the boxer 4-stroke engines. Those with the casing of air-cooled beetle engines, and those with the largely similar, but stronger Wasserboxer casing used in late VW vans before the Volkswagen Transporter (T4).

Even though the Wasserboxer engine is water-cooled, this involves only the cylinders and the top. The casing has no water lines, it is only stronger built. This makes it possible to convert the Wasserboxer "back" to an air-cooled engine. The benefits of this conversion is the added strength, and the size of the Wasserboxer casing will accept larger cylinders. In general it becomes a much more robust engine compared with engines using the original air-cooled casing.[7] These "water to air" converted engines are sometimes referred to as the misnomer oxyboxer in automobile VW engine circles.

4 Stroke engines for experimental and ultralight

4 Stroke certified engines

2 Stroke Engines

Various engines from 14.9 to 100 HP, single cylinder to 3 cylinder.[4] These engines are re-branded Hirth engines built by Sauer.[8] The specifications are identical to the corresponding Hirth engine.

Applications

Naming

4 stroke certified engines

The naming format changed in 2003. The current naming format is: S aaaa-(b)-(XYZ)c

Whereas the old naming format found in older engines is:[13]

4 stroke engines for experimental and ultralight aviation

There is no defined naming for these engines from the manufacturer, but they all are named according to:

References

  1. ↑ CS-22, CS-22
  2. ↑ CS-LSA, CS-LSA
  3. ↑ CS-VLA, CS-VLA
  4. 1 2 Sauer Flugmotorenbau, Sauer Flugmotorenbau
  5. ↑ Weber MPE, Weber MPE
  6. ↑ Development, Development
  7. ↑ Water to air, Water to air.
  8. ↑ Light Aviation magazine. August 2009. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. ↑ Groppo Trial, Groppo Trial.
  10. ↑ AMS Carat, AMS Carat.
  11. ↑ Alpi Pioneer 200, Alpi Pioneer 200
  12. ↑ Skyranger SW, Skyranger SW
  13. ↑ Old Naming Convention, Old Naming
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