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The A22-LS is a Ukrainian light sport aircraft from Aeroprakt. Its high wing, wide cabin glazing and tricycle landing gear suit recreational flying and instruction, while the represented version uses a Rotax 912 ULS engine. VSKYLABS supplies an analog cockpit and an optional simulated autopilot.
Aircraft background
VSKYLABS · Read more ↗Released product and variants
VSKYLABS models an A22-LS with a Rotax 912 ULS engine, analog instruments and an optional simulated autopilot. The developer supplies separate native products for X-Plane 11 and 12.
A22-LS · VSKYLABS · X-Plane 11 · X-Plane 12
VSKYLABS · Read more ↗Into the cockpit
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Aeroprakt A22 Full Flight POV | Raw Cockpit Sound, Start to Landing
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Meet Aeroprakt A22
The A22-LS is a Ukrainian light sport aircraft from Aeroprakt. Its high wing, wide cabin glazing and tricycle landing gear suit recreational flying and instruction, while the represented version uses a Rotax 912 ULS engine.
VSKYLABS supplies an analog cockpit and an optional simulated autopilot. Its documentation describes separate native X-Plane 11 and 12 products and an independent development approved by, but not affiliated with, Aeroprakt.
Aeroprakt A22
Aircraft type designators
Use the code for the model you are flying. The linked authority lists the applicable aircraft.
History & design
From the A22L to the heavier A22LS
The Foxbat family developed through several weight categories. Foxbat Australia records the 450 kg A22L as its early fleet mainstay, followed by the 600 kg, light-sport-compliant A22LS in 2009. A limited intermediate A22LSA used a 544 kg limit. Those suffixes identify meaningful versions, so an A22 family name alone is not enough to choose performance figures.
Foxbat Australia · Foxbat Australia: the A22 family in Australia ↗Distributor history; quoted weights are variant identities
A working light aircraft with Ukrainian roots
Aeroprakt founders Yuriy Yakovlev and Oleg Litovchenko had worked at the Antonov design bureau. The Australian distributor describes a Kyiv factory supported by a company airfield, flying club and school. Its first Australian demonstrator arrived in 2002, and customer A22L deliveries followed in 2004.
Foxbat Australia · Foxbat Australia: the A22 family in Australia ↗Foxbat Australia account of the manufacturer and its own early fleet
Systems & details
Direct controls and full-span flaperons
Aeroprakt USA describes pushrod-operated aileron and elevator controls and full-span flaperons. Its account characterises the controls as light and the roll response as lively. That is useful qualitative guidance for the profile, but it does not supply a measured force-versus-speed curve.
Choose the cockpit as well as the aircraft
Aeroprakt offers either a central stick or paired yokes. The same aircraft family can therefore present different hand geometry, even before a simulator add-on chooses its cockpit. Hardware force scales remain a tuning decision rather than a dimension copied from the real controls.
A broad view and a simple airframe
The distributor describes an aluminium airframe with fabric on the control surfaces and lower wing surfaces. Extensive glazing and a broad cabin are part of its identity. The fixed landing gear separates ground texture from retractable-gear cues when explaining the simulator profile.
In your simulator
Systems, equipment and documentation for each developer’s aircraft.
X-Plane 11 · X-Plane 12A22-LS
VSKYLABS · Released
A22-LS
VSKYLABS · Released
Manuals & resources
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Simulator documentation
Released product and variantsA22-LS · VSKYLABS · X-Plane 11 · X-Plane 12
VSKYLABS models an A22-LS with a Rotax 912 ULS engine, analog instruments and an optional simulated autopilot. The developer supplies separate native products for X-Plane 11 and 12.
Official developer / designated-store reference · checked 2026-09-14
VSKYLABS · Read the source ↗Read the original documentation from the people who created it. Manuals open on their publisher’s website.
Developer documentation
VSKYLABS Aerospace Simulations Aircraft Center: VSKYLABS Aeroprakt A22-LSVSKYLABS · Official developer / designated-store reference · checked 2026-09-14 VSKYLABS Aeroprakt A22-LS. Comprehensive LSA simulation add-on for X-Plane Flight Simulator.VSKYLABS · Official developer / designated-store reference · checked 2026-09-14Type designator
ICAO Doc 8643 — aircraft type designatorsInternational Civil Aviation Organization · Public search data retrieved 2026-09-14; authority update 2026-09-03Manufacturer or official developer documentation
Aeroprakt A-22LS specificationsAeroprakt · A-22LS manufacturer specification, checked 12 October 2026 A22LS Foxbat construction and controlsAeroprakt USA · Distributor description; handling language is qualitative Foxbat Australia: the A22 family in AustraliaFoxbat Australia · Distributor first-hand history; distinguishes A22L, A22LSA and A22LSBuilt-in force-feedback profiles
Read the documentary basis, editable starting settings and remaining questions for the aircraft you fly. Each explanation refers to the exact profile revision shown.
Catalogue programme-20261022-v1 · 3 profile choices
VSKYLABS Aeroprakt A22-LS
VSKYLABS · Free and Pro · Revision 3 · Inherited starting point
X-Plane 12
VSKYLABS Aeroprakt A22-LS: The A22-LS's light manual controls motivate an airspeed-dependent stick response while retaining the profile's own centering balance.
Aeroprakt A22
Free and Pro · Revision 2 · Partial review
X-Plane 12 · X-Plane 11
Aeroprakt A22: The A22-LS's light manual controls motivate an airspeed-dependent stick response while retaining the profile's own centering balance.
Cockspur Aeroprakt A22-LS
Cockspur · Free and Pro · Revision 1 · Partial review
MSFS 2020
A high-wing light sport aircraft with a broad glazed cabin and tricycle landing gear.
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