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Meet the aircraft
The Aeros-2 combines a flexible hang-glider wing with a powered trike carrying the occupants. The occupants sit in the open, with weight-shift control of the wing. VSKYLABS represents a Rotax 503-powered configuration and allows one or two occupants in the simulation.
Aircraft background
VSKYLABS · Read more ↗Released product and variants
The simulated trike uses a Rotax 503 engine and supports single-occupant or two-occupant configurations. The developer supplies separate X-Plane 11 and 12 products.
Aeros-2 trike · VSKYLABS · X-Plane 11 · X-Plane 12
VSKYLABS · Read more ↗Into the cockpit
YouTube X-Plane. Org Videos and Reviews · 2 min ·
Amazing Ultralight - Aeros 2 Trike by VSKYLABS | X-Plane 12
A look at VSKYLABS' powered trike in X-Plane 12.
Simulator · VSKYLABS Aeros-2 · X-Plane 12
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Meet Aeros-2 trike
The Aeros-2 combines a flexible hang-glider wing with a powered trike carrying the occupants. The occupants sit in the open, with weight-shift control of the wing.
VSKYLABS represents a Rotax 503-powered configuration and allows one or two occupants in the simulation. Separate X-Plane 11 and 12 editions are offered.
Aeros-2 trike
Aircraft type designators
A model-specific ICAO or FAA designator has not been confirmed in the references reviewed for this aircraft.
History & design
From powered hang glider to trike
Aeros-2 combines a flexible hang-glider wing with a powered, wheeled carriage. The wing pivots above the occupants, preserving the weight-shift principle instead of adopting the elevators and ailerons of a conventional light aeroplane.
VSKYLABS · VSKYLABS Aerospace Simulations Aircraft Center: VSKYLABS 'Test-Pilot': Aeros-2 Trike ↗VSKYLABS Aeros-2, Rotax 503 configuration
The documented simulator configuration
VSKYLABS dates its independent Aeros-2 project to 2016 and records permission from Aeros Ltd. Its chosen configuration uses a 50 hp Rotax 503. The BMW-powered aircraft pictured as a reference is a different installation, not the engine represented by this model.
VSKYLABS · VSKYLABS Aerospace Simulations Aircraft Center: VSKYLABS 'Test-Pilot': Aeros-2 Trike ↗VSKYLABS Aeros-2, Rotax 503 configuration
Systems & details
The bar moves the wing relative to the carriage
Pitch and lateral control come from displacement between the suspended carriage and wing. The add-on also allows a passenger to be removed or added, changing the mass being carried. This makes both control direction and loading important distinctions from an ordinary stick-controlled trainer.
In your simulator
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X-Plane 11 · X-Plane 12Aeros-2 trike
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Aeros-2 trike
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Simulator documentation
Released product and variantsAeros-2 trike · VSKYLABS · X-Plane 11 · X-Plane 12
The simulated trike uses a Rotax 503 engine and supports single-occupant or two-occupant configurations. The developer supplies separate X-Plane 11 and 12 products.
Official developer / designated-store reference · checked 2026-09-14
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Developer documentation
VSKYLABS Aerospace Simulations Aircraft Center: VSKYLABS 'Test-Pilot': Aeros-2 TrikeVSKYLABS · Official developer / designated-store reference · checked 2026-09-14 VSKYLABS Aeros-2. Highly-Engineered Trike Simulation for X-Plane.VSKYLABS · Official developer / designated-store reference · checked 2026-09-14Built-in force-feedback profiles
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Catalogue programme-20261022-v1 · 1 profile choice
VSKYLABS Aeros-2 Trike
VSKYLABS · Free and Pro · Revision 3 · Inherited starting point
X-Plane 12
VSKYLABS Aeros-2 Trike: Symmetric centering and damping provide nominal bar resistance without claiming that the flex-wing bar behaves like a conventional elevator control.
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