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Flat-four engine

A flat-four engine (also known as a horizontally opposed-four engine or boxer engine) is a four-cylinder piston engine with two banks of cylinders lying on opposite sides of a common crankshaft. The most common type of flat-four engine is the boxer-four engine, each pair of opposed pistons moves inwards and outwards at the same time.

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Use in motorcycles

Use in aircraft

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Flat-four engine

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Edges80
Triples68
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.024691
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Flat-four engine

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related to 1936–1999 · 18
Flat-four engine → Also, Austria, English, In, Jowett, Jowett Javelin, Jowett Jupiter, Porsche, Production, Steyr, T3, Tatra T97, The, This, Volkswagen, Volkswagen Beetle, Volkswagen Transporter, Volkswagen Wasserboxer
related to 2000–present · 13
Flat-four engine → Although, By, In, Scion FR-S, Subaru, Subaru BRZ, Subaru EJ, Subaru FA, Subaru WRX, Subaru's, This, Toyota, World Rally Car
related to 1900–1935 · 9
Flat-four engine → Benz, Benz's, Cie, Georg Diehl, In, London, This, Unusually, Wilson-Pilcher
related to Use in motorcycles · 9
Flat-four engine → Approximately, BFG, Citroën, French, Honda Gold Wing, Most, Wooler, Yamaha R1/R1M, Zündapp K800
related to Use in aircraft · 7
Flat-four engine → Continental Motors, Engines, For, Franklin Engine Company, Light, Lycoming Engines, Rotax
related to Design · 5
Flat-four engine → Due, Flat-four, In, The, V6
is a · 2
Flat-four engine → boxer-four engine, Volkswagen air-cooled engine

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Flat-four engineis aVolkswagen air-cooled engine0.90text
Rotaxinstance offrom manufacturers0.80text
Lycoming Enginesinstance offrom manufacturers0.80text
Continental Motorsinstance offrom manufacturers0.80text
Franklin Engine Company.For radio-controlled aircraftinstance offrom manufacturers0.80text
flat-four engines with displacements of 40instance offrom manufacturers0.80text
Flat-four enginerelated to 1900–1935In0.60section
Flat-four enginerelated to 1900–1935Benz0.60section
Flat-four enginerelated to 1900–1935Cie0.60section
Flat-four enginerelated to 1900–1935Benz's0.60section
Flat-four enginerelated to 1900–1935This0.60section

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