The Sportcopter 2 has features like no other two-place gyroplane on the market today. The fully composite cabin design makes for the most aerodynamic and good looking gyroplane on the market. The cabin and engine of the SS are completely enclosed, with removable doors and engine cowling, giving it all-weather capability, simplified maintenance, added propeller efficiency and effective protection of vital components. It has a hydraulic pre-rotator, the strongest rotorhead on a gyroplane, disc brakes, and a very large stabilizer system that includes fixed vertical stabilzers followed by the steerable rudder, and a large horizontal stabilizer. The frame itself is made of steel. (See a video clip of the Sportcopter flying at the bottom of this page.)

The Sportcopter 2 interior has a roomier cabin (49” interior width) for bigger pilots and passengers, and more comfort for longer trips. We offer a full glass instrument panel with the Garmin 496 and the Odyssey Flight system, combined with the best traditional gauges. The fully adjustable foot pedals combine brakes and rudder control.

Cyber Seats are made of composite material, for both comfort and safety. The Confor-Foam® cushions will protect your spine in hard vertical landings. And the seats are fully adjustable. The cabin is equipped with forced air ventilation and cabin heat.

The Sportcopter 2 features the SafetyRotor™. The SafetyRotor™ provides lift at very slow speeds; you can't stall this aircraft. And if anything were to ever go wrong with the engine or propeller, the SafetyRotor™ will keep rotating and act like a parachute to enable a safe landing. The SafetyRotor™ has a shock-isolated rotorhead which is stronger than anything else in its category, enabling it to withstand structural trauma and corrosion. A new Sport Copter feature on this design is a very powerful hydraulic prerotator system which enables very short take-offs! The flight control system for the rotor is a new heavy-duty, dual control, geared-down, version of the Roto-Control system which solves the issue of stick over-sensitivity common to other rotorcraft. This means incomparable ease of piloting from either seat, making the Sportcopter II the best gyro-trainer in existence.

An incredible suspension system was been developed for the landing gear, furnishing maximum vertical undercarriage travel for absorbing extreme impact on landings. There is over 11" of cushioning built into this gear. This system enables drop-in landings. Students will be able to land this gyroplane very quickly because they can make mistakes and the landing gear will compensate. And someone in trouble will be able to drop into a landing spot quickly without damaging the aircraft.

The Sportcopter 2 is also equipped with an improved version of Sportcopter's original unique Swing-Arm free castoring nose wheel. So in case you were to land in a cross wind configuration, touching down sideways, this self-tracking nose wheel will help prevent any type of roll over. Safety is designed in for every condition.

The large rudder and horizontal stabilizer combined with centerline engine thrust provide stability in slow flight maneuvering and high-speed cruise, minimizing pilot workload and increasing safety. The fixed vertical stabilizer is less sensitive in-flight giving more stability and better handling. Thanks to features like the Cyber Seats, Roto-Control and SafetyRotor™ with Shock-Mounted Rotorheads, Sportcopter II pilots will be able to fly extended cruises in true creature comfort. This new aircraft is intended to set the high-end standard for quality, capacity, safety and performance for gyroplanes.