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Aircraft and configuration
The 2011 SportCruiser handbook describes a Rotax 912ULS four-cylinder piston engine and a ground-adjustable three-blade Woodcomp propeller. Fixed tricycle landing gear includes a castering nosewheel and hydraulic wheel brakes. The flaps are electrically operated.
PiperSport SportCruiser
Czech Sport Aircraft · Read more ↗Meet PiperSport SportCruiser
The 2011 SportCruiser handbook describes a Rotax 912ULS four-cylinder piston engine and a ground-adjustable three-blade Woodcomp propeller. Fixed tricycle landing gear includes a castering nosewheel and hydraulic wheel brakes. The flaps are electrically operated.
History & design
Why a SportCruiser is also called a PiperSport
Piper introduced its PiperSport at Sebring in January 2010 after choosing the Czech-built SportCruiser for its entry into the light-sport market. AOPA's contemporary reporting describes modest changes, the new name and a dealer network around an existing aircraft rather than a clean-sheet Piper design.
Piper subsequently ended that relationship. Dealers organised to continue selling and supporting the SportCruiser, while the Czech factory continued production and parts support. The two names in simulator catalogues reflect that commercial history; equipment and handbook revisions still need to match the particular aircraft.
AOPA · Out in the cold, March 2011 ↗AOPA March 2011 reporting; not a statement about current dealer availability.
Systems & details
Controls and equipment
NHAdrian's X-Plane 12 expansion requires the Alabeo PiperSport base aircraft. It adds a revised flight model, ballistic recovery system and circuit breakers. Version 1.0.1 increased pitch-trim range.
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Simulator documentation
Controls and equipmentPiperSport SportCruiser
NHAdrian's X-Plane 12 expansion requires the Alabeo PiperSport base aircraft. It adds a revised flight model, ballistic recovery system and circuit breakers. Version 1.0.1 increased pitch-trim range.
PiperSport XP12 expansion · requirements and version 1.0.1 changes
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Aircraft documentation
PiperSport SportCruiser — aircraft documentationCzech Sport Aircraft · PiperSport XP12 expansion · requirements and version 1.0.1 changes Out in the cold, March 2011AOPA · Dave Hirschman reporting and operator interviews, AOPA March 2011; dated Piper distribution period.Simulator documentation
PiperSport SportCruiser — simulator documentationNHAdrian · PiperSport XP12 expansion · requirements and version 1.0.1 changesBuilt-in force-feedback profiles
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Catalogue programme-20261011-v3 · 2 profile choices
NHAdrian PiperSport Expansion Pack
NHAdrian · Free and Pro · Revision 2 · Inherited starting point
X-Plane 12
A Rotax-powered light aircraft marketed as the SportCruiser and PiperSport.
PiperSport SportCruiser
Free and Pro · Revision 1 · Partial review
MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024 · X-Plane 12
A Rotax-powered light aircraft marketed as the SportCruiser and PiperSport.
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