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Meet the aircraft
Skyscenders 76 contains three fictional VSKYLABS aircraft for exploring X-Plane's terrain, weather and flight physics: the jet-and-rocket Spherescram, jet-powered VTOL MachBully and twin-turboprop VTOL Haboob-X.
Aircraft background
VSKYLABS · Read more ↗Three concepts with different propulsion
The package contains three fictional aircraft: the Sphere with hybrid jet/rocket propulsion, the jet-powered VTOL MachBully and the turboprop VTOL Haboob X. The developer states that autopilot is unavailable in v1.x. Their operating references belong to this simulation.
VSKYLABS Skyscenders 76 · X-Plane 12 · v1.x
VSKYLABS · Read more ↗Into the cockpit
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[Archive-2023] Your New Adventure is HERE! Join the Skyscenders 76' NOW! Trailer 1 (OFFICIAL)
The original developer trailer introduces the fictional Skyscenders aircraft in X-Plane 12.
Simulator · VSKYLABS Skyscenders · X-Plane 12 (2023 footage)
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Meet VSKYLABS Skyscenders 76
Skyscenders 76 contains three fictional VSKYLABS aircraft for exploring X-Plane's terrain, weather and flight physics: the jet-and-rocket Spherescram, jet-powered VTOL MachBully and twin-turboprop VTOL Haboob-X.
The released package supports X-Plane 12. Version 1.x has no autopilot, and the developer documents limits to the hypersonic design's intended flight envelope. Their capabilities describe these simulator vehicles.
VSKYLABS Skyscenders 76
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VSKYLABS Skyscenders 76
VSKYLABS · VSKYLABS Aerospace Simulations Aircraft Center: VSKYLABS Skyscenders 76 ↗Spherescram
VSKYLABS · VSKYLABS Aerospace Simulations Aircraft Center: VSKYLABS Skyscenders 76 ↗VSKYLABS · X-Plane 12 →MachBully
VSKYLABS · VSKYLABS Aerospace Simulations Aircraft Center: VSKYLABS Skyscenders 76 ↗VSKYLABS · X-Plane 12 →Haboob-X
VSKYLABS · VSKYLABS Aerospace Simulations Aircraft Center: VSKYLABS Skyscenders 76 ↗VSKYLABS · X-Plane 12 →Aircraft type designators
A model-specific ICAO or FAA designator has not been confirmed in the references reviewed for this aircraft.
History & design
Three different ways beyond conventional flight
Introduced as an active project in 2023, Skyscenders 76 is VSKYLABS’ collection of speculative aircraft for X-Plane. Its history is a software-design history: no corresponding production fleet is claimed.
VSKYLABS · VSKYLABS Aerospace Simulations Aircraft Center: VSKYLABS Skyscenders 76 ↗VSKYLABS Skyscenders 76 fictional aircraft
A collection with distinct missions
Spherescram explores jet/rocket propulsion and suborbital flight, MachBully investigates a vertical-takeoff jet, and Haboob-X uses twin turboprops with VTOL capability. They share a package, but their propulsion and flight envelopes are different.
VSKYLABS · VSKYLABS Aerospace Simulations Aircraft Center: VSKYLABS Skyscenders 76 ↗VSKYLABS Skyscenders 76 fictional aircraft
Systems & details
Automation is not an autopilot
The developer describes automated systems that help manage these unusual vehicles but states that version 1.x has no autopilot. Extreme-envelope operation also depends on the simulator’s behavior. Published concept capabilities should therefore be read as properties of these virtual designs, not demonstrated aerospace performance.
In your simulator
Systems, equipment and documentation for each developer’s aircraft.
X-Plane 12Skyscenders 76
VSKYLABS · Released
Skyscenders 76
VSKYLABS · Released
Manuals & resources
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Simulator documentation
Three concepts with different propulsionVSKYLABS Skyscenders 76 · X-Plane 12 · v1.x
The package contains three fictional aircraft: the Sphere with hybrid jet/rocket propulsion, the jet-powered VTOL MachBully and the turboprop VTOL Haboob X. The developer states that autopilot is unavailable in v1.x. Their operating references belong to this simulation.
Package aircraft and current-version notes
VSKYLABS · Read the source ↗Three fictional XP12 aircraftSkyscenders 76 · VSKYLABS · X-Plane 12
Three released fictional aircraft: Spherescram, MachBully and Haboob-X. The detailed aircraft documentation explicitly specifies XP12; the generic store selector also mentions XP11, which is not accepted as compatibility evidence for this package.
Official developer / designated-store reference · checked 2026-09-14
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Developer documentation
VSKYLABS Aerospace Simulations Aircraft Center: VSKYLABS Skyscenders 76VSKYLABS · Official developer / designated-store reference · checked 2026-09-14 VSKYLABS Skyscenders 76: 3-in-1 Hypersonic & VTOL Jets for X-Plane.VSKYLABS · Official developer / designated-store reference · checked 2026-09-14Built-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 Skyscenders76 Haboob-X
VSKYLABS · Free and Pro · Revision 3 · Inherited starting point
X-Plane 12
VSKYLABS Skyscenders76 Haboob-X: The profile supplies the selected concept vehicle’s control resistance.
VSKYLABS Skyscenders76 MachBully
VSKYLABS · Free and Pro · Revision 3 · Inherited starting point
X-Plane 12
VSKYLABS Skyscenders76 MachBully: The profile supplies the selected concept vehicle’s control resistance.
VSKYLABS Skyscenders76 Spherescram
VSKYLABS · Free and Pro · Revision 3 · Inherited starting point
X-Plane 12
VSKYLABS Skyscenders76 Spherescram: The profile supplies the selected concept vehicle’s control resistance.
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