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Meet the aircraft
The SF-25 Falke combines a two-seat cockpit with a low wing and a fixed tractor propeller. Its design allows powered departures followed by soaring flight, with wing spoilers controlling the descent. VSKYLABS models the SF-25C 2000 with a Limbach 2000L engine. The package includes central-wheel and conventional tailwheel arrangements, and the developer provides separate X-Plane 11 and 12 editions.
Aircraft background
VSKYLABS · Read more ↗SF-25C 2000 configurations
The SF-25C 2000 product uses a Limbach 2000L engine and includes central-wheel and conventional tailwheel arrangements. Separate X-Plane 11 and 12 editions are offered.
SF-25C Falke · VSKYLABS · X-Plane 11 · X-Plane 12
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Meet Scheibe SF-25 Falke
The SF-25 Falke combines a two-seat cockpit with a low wing and a fixed tractor propeller. Its design allows powered departures followed by soaring flight, with wing spoilers controlling the descent.
VSKYLABS models the SF-25C 2000 with a Limbach 2000L engine. The package includes central-wheel and conventional tailwheel arrangements, and the developer provides separate X-Plane 11 and 12 editions.
Scheibe SF-25 Falke
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Scheibe SF-25 Falke
VSKYLABS · VSKYLABS Aerospace Simulations Aircraft Center: VSKYLABS Scheibe SF-25C Falke ↗SF-25C central-wheel configuration
VSKYLABS · VSKYLABS Aerospace Simulations Aircraft Center: VSKYLABS Scheibe SF-25C Falke ↗VSKYLABS · X-Plane 11 · X-Plane 12 →SF-25C conventional tailwheel
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History & design
A powered route into soaring
The Falke family grew into a familiar club and training motor glider, combining side-by-side seating with an engine for self-launching and touring. The SF-25C appeared with different engines and landing-gear arrangements rather than one fixed specification.
VSKYLABS · VSKYLABS Aerospace Simulations Aircraft Center: VSKYLABS Scheibe SF-25C Falke ↗SF-25 Falke family; Limbach and Rotax versions distinguished
A continuing range of engine choices
Scheibe’s present SF-25C offering uses Rotax engines and a 690 kg maximum mass. The manufacturer distinguishes training and touring requirements from glider-towing work, with more powerful versions aimed at towing. These later options must remain separate from the Limbach-engined simulator reference.
Scheibe Aircraft · SF 25 C Falke technical data ↗SF-25 Falke family; Limbach and Rotax versions distinguished
Systems & details
Spoilers control the approach
VSKYLABS models the SF-25C 2000 with a Limbach engine and alternative belly-wheel or tailwheel layouts. The handbook describes wing spoilers for glide-angle control and a wheel brake operated at the end of the spoiler control’s travel. Engine-off soaring therefore retains a purposeful set of approach controls.
In your simulator
Systems, equipment and documentation for each developer’s aircraft.
X-Plane 11 · X-Plane 12SF-25C Falke
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SF-25C Falke
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Manuals & resources
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Simulator documentation
SF-25C 2000 configurationsSF-25C Falke · VSKYLABS · X-Plane 11 · X-Plane 12
The SF-25C 2000 product uses a Limbach 2000L engine and includes central-wheel and conventional tailwheel arrangements. Separate X-Plane 11 and 12 editions are offered.
Official developer / designated-store reference · checked 2026-09-14
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Developer documentation
VSKYLABS Aerospace Simulations Aircraft Center: VSKYLABS Scheibe SF-25C FalkeVSKYLABS · Official developer / designated-store reference · checked 2026-09-14 VSKYLABS Scheibe SF-25C Falke Motor-Glider add-on for X-Plane.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 2026-09-03Aircraft documentation
SF 25 C Falke technical dataScheibe Aircraft · Current Rotax variants; metric dimensions retained because printed imperial conversions conflictBuilt-in force-feedback profiles
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Catalogue programme-20261022-v1 · 3 profile choices
VSKYLABS Scheibe SF-25C Falke Belly Gear
VSKYLABS · Free and Pro · Revision 4 · Inherited starting point
X-Plane 12
VSKYLABS Scheibe SF-25C Falke Belly Gear: Manual motor-glider controls motivate reversible stick loading.
VSKYLABS Scheibe SF-25C Falke Tailwheel
VSKYLABS · Free and Pro · Revision 3 · Inherited starting point
X-Plane 12
VSKYLABS Scheibe SF-25C Falke Tailwheel: Manual motor-glider controls motivate reversible stick loading.
Scheibe SF-25 Falke
Free and Pro · Revision 1 · Partial review
X-Plane 12 · X-Plane 11
Scheibe SF-25 Falke: Manual motor-glider controls motivate reversible stick loading.
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