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This short 1970s film "AirCooled EngineUity" is actually a promo for Volkswagen of North America, demonstrating the reliability and functionality of its air cooled engines. The film features footage of the Volksplane VP1, a single seat aircraft powered by a 40 hp VW engine. The Volksplane was designed by W.S. Evans, and first flew in 1968. At 1:01 the plane is shown landing at Pinkerton Aviation, where Evans' VW Beetle waits on the tarmac. At 1:30, Evans speaks to an admirer and shows off the plans for the VP1. It's bare angular look is due to the designer’s aim to build a simple plane where appearance and performance were of secondary importance. At 1:58, the aircraft is shown in flight (aerobatics were not permitted in the VP1). At 2:54, rearengined VW dune buggies drive offroad through snowcovered landscapes. At 4:23, an air cushion vehicle or hovercraft powered by a VW engine is shown. At 5:50, a Whirlybug gyrocopter tail N2747 is shown with the same air cooled VW engine. Inventor Bill Brown of Rialto, California. (This aircraft is also known as a Benson Gyroplane or Benson B8M GyroCopter.)

The Volkswagen aircooled engine is an aircooled, gasolinefuelled, boxer engine with four horizontally opposed castiron cylinders, cast aluminum alloy cylinder heads and pistons, magnesiumalloy crankcase, and forged steel crankshaft and connecting rods.

There are two distinct families/variations of the aircooled engine namely Type 1 and Type 4. The Type 3 engine is a variation of the Type 1 engine with pancake cooling arrangement.

Variations of the engine were produced by Volkswagen plants worldwide from 1936 until 2006 for use in Volkswagen's own vehicles, notably the Type 1 (Beetle), Type 2 (bus, transporter), Type 3, and Type 4. Additionally, the engines were widely used in industrial, light aircraft and kit car applications.

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