SportCopter
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- Joined
- May 13, 2014
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- Scappoose
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- Vortex M912, SportCopter II, Vortex 582, M2
FOR SALE — N178V — Sport Copter Vortex II Trainer (1725 hours)
$23,500 obo (Subaru 2.2l needs rebuilding)
Designed by Jim Vanek, this was Sport Copter's tandem-seat open-frame training gyro for several years. It is very forgiving to land, and can take a purposely crabbed touchdown up to 20 degrees.
Currently nonairworthy because the installed engine is blown in one cylinder (piston, or con rod, we don't know). We'd considering rebuilding it, but decided not to bother since we'll be using our new side-by-side M2 as our next trainer. A spare EJ2.5 is included (which, to our best recollection, has merely a lifter issue). Other than its nonrunning engine, we'd still be flying our Vortex II. (It last flew in Spring 2019.)
Its many valuable components (Sport Copter rotorhead, Sport Rotors, M912 tail, geared redrive, hydraulic prerotator, etc.) are worth in total more than our asking price. (We're not parting it out.)
● Subaru 2.2l block with 2.5l heads (fuel-injected)
● geared reduction drive
● hydraulic prerotator (smooth actuation, spins to 300 rrpm)
● rotorhead: Sport Copter (6061-T6 towers gold anodized, teeter flap stops)
● 8.5"x30' Sport Rotors (with <1000 hours flight time, and 1000+ hours remaining)
● nosewheel: fully castering urethane-bushed nosewheel
● main gear suspension: urethane-bushed
● Vortex M912 tail (with larger outboard vertical stabs than in photos)
● dual: intercom, throttle/prerotator/flight controls, differential toe brakes
● avionics: Microair radio
● seats: aerospace foam, 4-point harness belts
● Odyssey battery
● fuel tank: 11 gallon rotamolded cross-linked HDPE
See below pdf for more photos.
This unique Sport Copter gyro (and spare engine) will be sold "As-Is, Where-Is" without any warranty, express or implied.
FOB Scappoose, Oregon (hangared at KSPB).
A one-of-a-kind 2-place Sport Copter! $23,500 obo.
Sport Copter, Inc.
34012 Skyway Drive
Scappoose, OR 97056
[email protected] 503.543.7000
$23,500 obo (Subaru 2.2l needs rebuilding)
Designed by Jim Vanek, this was Sport Copter's tandem-seat open-frame training gyro for several years. It is very forgiving to land, and can take a purposely crabbed touchdown up to 20 degrees.
Currently nonairworthy because the installed engine is blown in one cylinder (piston, or con rod, we don't know). We'd considering rebuilding it, but decided not to bother since we'll be using our new side-by-side M2 as our next trainer. A spare EJ2.5 is included (which, to our best recollection, has merely a lifter issue). Other than its nonrunning engine, we'd still be flying our Vortex II. (It last flew in Spring 2019.)
Its many valuable components (Sport Copter rotorhead, Sport Rotors, M912 tail, geared redrive, hydraulic prerotator, etc.) are worth in total more than our asking price. (We're not parting it out.)
● Subaru 2.2l block with 2.5l heads (fuel-injected)
● geared reduction drive
● hydraulic prerotator (smooth actuation, spins to 300 rrpm)
● rotorhead: Sport Copter (6061-T6 towers gold anodized, teeter flap stops)
● 8.5"x30' Sport Rotors (with <1000 hours flight time, and 1000+ hours remaining)
● nosewheel: fully castering urethane-bushed nosewheel
● main gear suspension: urethane-bushed
● Vortex M912 tail (with larger outboard vertical stabs than in photos)
● dual: intercom, throttle/prerotator/flight controls, differential toe brakes
● avionics: Microair radio
● seats: aerospace foam, 4-point harness belts
● Odyssey battery
● fuel tank: 11 gallon rotamolded cross-linked HDPE
See below pdf for more photos.
This unique Sport Copter gyro (and spare engine) will be sold "As-Is, Where-Is" without any warranty, express or implied.
FOB Scappoose, Oregon (hangared at KSPB).
A one-of-a-kind 2-place Sport Copter! $23,500 obo.
Sport Copter, Inc.
34012 Skyway Drive
Scappoose, OR 97056
[email protected] 503.543.7000
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