The engine of his well-known automobile has been installed on motor gliders such as the Bisier and the Janowsky J-2. Two-cylinder, two-stroke (see ODA).

“Trabant Logo”

From Appendix 9: Below we show a photograph of the block and two cylinders of this engine from the famous economy car. This engine was once adapted for light aircraft. (See main text).

“Beautiful appearance of the Trabant engine” (PeT)

From Appendix 10: The engine of the famous Trabant car has been used to power light, ultralight, and experimental aircraft.

“Trabant 601-based engine in the Mucha-100” (PeT-SP)

From Appendix 12: Various applications of Trabant car engines have been found. The well-known two-stroke twin-cylinder engines.

“Inverted Trabant in Polish K-04”

“Trabant in Ostrowski ULM, Polish” (PeT-SP)

“Another Trabant assembly in Poland”

“Twin-cylinder Trabant with magneto” (PeT)

 

“With multi-belt gearbox” (PeT)

“Trabant installation, direct output” (PeT)

“Basic Trabant engine"

-The engine is a two-stroke engine, noisy, and because the fuel and oil were mixed together, it also produced a lot of blue smoke from the unburned oil.

“Trabant engine with direct propeller output mounted on an ULM

“With two vertical cylinders and belt reduction gear”

“Inverted cylinders and reduction gear”

“Inverted cylinders and direct PTO”

-PTO = Power Take Off, or in other words, power output for the propeller. There are also versions with both cylinders fitted horizontally to one side, as in the example in the below photo.

“Clearly fitted horizontally to the right”

-Two motorcycle carburetors with a bell and needle can also be seen.

"Upright cylinders with high reduction gear"

As we can see, it has been used in Eastern countries as a makeshift engine for microlights or motorized gliders.