Meet Piper PA-42 Cheyenne III
The PA-42 Cheyenne III is a pressurised business twin powered by two Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-41 engines. Propair Flight describes 720 shaft horsepower per engine, hydraulic landing gear with emergency backup, pneumatic airframe de-icing and engine and propeller ice protection.
History & design
Piper moves into the larger turboprop cabin
Piper unveiled the PA-42 Cheyenne III in 1977 to compete in the King Air 200 market. A longer fuselage, greater span, 720-shaft-horsepower PT6A-41 engines and a T-tail distinguished it from the smaller Cheyenne II. The first flight followed in May 1979, with certification and deliveries in 1980.
The improved IIIA arrived in 1983 with PT6A-61 engines and changes to electrical, air-conditioning and fuel-control systems. That distinction matters when reading performance tables: the IIIA's high-altitude capability is not automatically a Cheyenne III specification.
AOPA · Quick Look: Cheyenne III/IIIA ↗AOPA development account; existing profile remains scoped to the selected aircraft.
Systems & details
Panels and cabin fits
The MSFS 2020 and 2024 package offers G1000 and analog panels, passenger and medevac configurations, and six liveries. The aircraft can be flown without using the bundled SkyPass course.
Related PA-42 flight-control design
The PA-42-720 Advanced Trainer chapter describes conventional dual columns, mechanical cables and linkages, with aileron, elevator and rudder trim on the pedestal. This is IIIA family documentation; it does not establish the equipment or geometry of Propair's III implementation.
In your simulator
Systems, equipment and documentation for each developer’s aircraft.
MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024Cheyenne III
Propair Flight · Released
Cheyenne III
Propair Flight · Released
Manuals & resources
Read the original documentation from the people who created it. Manuals open on their publisher’s website.
Developer documentation
PropairFlight Cheyenne III + SkyPass Type Rating BundlePropair Flight · PA-42 Cheyenne III · product description and included MSFS editionsAircraft systems
Piper PA-42-720 Advanced Trainer Maintenance Manual — chapter 27Piper Aircraft, public document reproduction · Chapter 27-00-00, page 1 · PA-42-720 IIIA Advanced Trainer, effectivity 040–999Aircraft documentation
Quick Look: Cheyenne III/IIIAAOPA · AOPA Quick Look, April 2014; explicit III/IIIA development comparison.Built-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-20261011-v3 · 1 profile choice
Piper PA-42 Cheyenne III
Propair Flight · Free and Pro · Revision 2 · Partial review
MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024
Manual twin-turboprop loading, standard trim relief and observed gear/flap-motion cues for Propair Flight’s PA-42 Cheyenne III. Autopilot following is off.
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