The SkyCruiser features a single main rotor, a two-seats-in tandem open cockpit with a windshield, tricycle landing gear with wheel pants, plus a tail caster and a four-cylinder, liquid and air-cooled, four stroke 1150NaN0 Rotax 914 turbocharged engine or modified 1250NaN0 turbocharged Rotax 912 in pusher configuration.[1] [2]
The aircraft fuselage is made from composites and has a two-bladed rotor with a diameter of 8.41NaN1 and an electronic pre-rotator. The aircraft has a gross weight of 5600NaN0.[1]
The design features an automatic propeller system. When the electronic pre-rotator for the main rotor is engaged the pusher propeller automatically goes to flat pitch and creates no thrust. When the pilot moved the control stick aft to take-off the propeller automatically goes to best climb setting.[1]
In 2011 an improved version was introduced called the SC-200 "New Face", with aesthetic changes, including a more rounded cockpit fairing and wider cockpit seating. The original model was then renamed the "SC-200 Standard".[3]