A Volkswagen engine installed in an Evans VP-1 Volksplane at the Canada Aviation and Space Museum. The Evans VP-1 Volksplane is an American designed aircraft for amateur construction. [1] The aircraft was designed by former Convair, Ryan Aircraft and General Dynamics aeronautical engineer William Samuel Evans of La Jolla, California. [2]

Work on the design of the VP-1, was completed between 1966 and 1968, the intention being that the design would be simple to build for a novice working at home. The design was successful, and, following a first flight in September 1968, a large number of …

2012年1月30日 · In June of 2004, after a few months of research and planning, I began construction of an Evans VP-1, also known as the “Volksplane”. This all-wood single-seat aircraft was designed to be easy to build and easy to fly. There is …

2010年1月22日 · Ultra-simple wooden construction and the familiar VW engine mean low-cost flying fun and ease of construction. The fuselage of the VP-1 is little more than a plywood box. The wings use a spruce frame covered with fabric. Any stock VW engine from 1,500cc to 2,100cc can be used; only small changes need to be made.

The VP-1 was designed by W. S. Evans of La Jolla, California to be as easy as possible to build in a home workshop and with a minimum of tooling. The final design is a boxy wood and fabric, single-seat sport plane.

As a professionally engineered air plane it quickly proved to be a popular, inexpensive to build and reliable answer to a wide variety of sport aviation enthusiasts. Whether amateur, …

Flying the Evans VP1 1971. ROM THE FLOW of spondence arriving in San Diego recently, it seems that considerable Volksplane flying is about to begin. maneuverability. For anyone inter- ested in more detail on this subject, the flight data and the procedures aerobatic pilots in the world, and their acts were the highlight of the air show.

The Evans VP-1 Volksplane is an American designed aircraft for amateur construction. The aircraft was designed by former Convair, Ryan Aircraft and General Dynamics aeronautical engineer William Samuel Evans of La Jolla, California

The 150 page VP-1 Volksplane Plans and Pilot’s Handbook contains a complete set of plans for successfully building and flying the VP-1.

The document describes the Evans VP-1 Volksplane, an American homebuilt aircraft designed for amateur construction. It provides details on the aircraft's design and development in the 1960s, its operational history including over 6,000 sets of plans sold, …