A faithful little Cub with a complete, working instrument panel. Every gauge reads live, every control surface moves, and she can be flown from the cockpit seat itself.
Parked on the grass beside the timber hangars, the yellow Cub is the newest arrival at Ruritania Aerodrome. She is built as a tandem two-seat trainer, so an instructor and a student can fly together and hand control back and forth between them.
The Mark Five goes further than any Cub before it. There is a working yoke, a first-person cockpit view and a radio you can tune by touch. You can sit down, start her up and fly, watching the needles move in front of you as you go.
TypePiper Cub
VariantMark Five
RegistrationSP-LCS
BuilderHanscoque Avionics
13Live instruments
2Tandem seats
4Moving surfaces
4Camera views
The Instrument Panel
Every needle is live
A full six-pack of flight instruments sits at the heart of the panel, with a row of engine and systems gauges above. Each one reads live from the aircraft as she flies. Click most of the gauges and a voice reads your speed, height or heading aloud.
Air- speed
Attitude
Alti- meter
Turn coord.
Heading
VSI
The panel as the pilot sees it, with the compass and view button above.
The six-pack
Flight instruments
Airspeed indicatorknots
Attitude indicatorartificial horizon
Altimeterfeet
Turn coordinator
Direction indicatorheading
Vertical speed indicatorVSI
Top row
Engine & systems
TachometerRPM
Oil temperature & oil pressure
Suctionvacuum
Ammeteramps
Fuelleft & right tanks
On the dash
And more besides
Liquid magnetic compass
Working flying yoke
Simulated radio stack
Spoken readoutsclick a gauge
From the Pilot's Seat
Fly her from the cockpit
Cockpit view: the panel, the radio stack and the yoke, with the aerodrome beyond.
Switch to cockpit view and you are sitting in the Cub, not watching her from outside. There is no need for the viewer's mouse-look. The instruments, compass, yoke and surrounding controls are all in front of you and all working as you fly.
The yoke is fully animated. Pull back and it comes towards you, and out on the tail the elevator rises with it. Bank, and the ailerons answer. From the pilot's seat you can see the whole chain from hand to wing.
◉ Front view
Look at the aircraft from ahead, with the propeller turning towards you.
◉ Side view
A broadside view, ideal for watching the rudder and elevator at work.
◉ Chase view
An external camera that follows the Cub around the sky.
◉ Cockpit view
First-person from the pilot's seat, with the live panel and moving yoke in front of you.
Starting & Flying
Sit down, start her up, and fly
Click the Cub to climb aboard. The first person in takes the controls and a second can board behind as the other crew member. Both seats have belts. When you've had enough, click the aircraft again to step out to the side.
Engine
Page Up first press
Starts the engine. The prop spins up and she settles to idle.
Page Up again
Adds power, a step at a time.
Page Down
Eases power off a step at a time. Take it to zero and the engine stops.
On the ground
←→
Steer the nose to taxi out across the grass.
↓ pull back
Once you've rolled onto the strip, added power and built up speed, pull back to lift off.
In the air
←→
Bank into turns.
↑↓
Climb and descend.
Landing
Page Down
Ease the power off, glide down, and roll to a halt on the grass.
✦ Moving surfaces
Elevator, rudder and both ailerons respond to every input you make.
✻ Spinning prop
The propeller turns whenever the engine is running, and stops when you shut her down.
✸ Navigation lights
Flashing lights mark the wingtips and tail.
PortStarboardTail
Dual Controls
A trainer built for two
With two seats in tandem, control can pass between the people aboard: an instructor guiding a student, or two friends sharing the flying. Control only changes hands when the other pilot accepts it, so there is never a scramble over the stick.
Handing over control
Whoever is flying says: you have control
The other pilot takes it by saying: i have control
Just type the phrase in local chat. The handover happens only once both have spoken.
❖ Radio & traffic
Click the radio controls in the cockpit to hear simulated traffic: fictional aircraft and aviation-style calls that make the region feel busy while you're aloft. It's there for atmosphere only and isn't linked to any real air traffic.
☼ The magnetic compass
A one-time set-up. Face true north, then touch and hold the compass for about a second and a half until it says north set. After that, a short tap reads out your heading.
⚙ Cockpit detail
An ignition key in its keyhole, toggle switches, on/off and lights switches and the Piper Cub badge. These are decorative for now and may be wired up in a future update.
What's New
The Mark Five at a glance
Everything built into the Cub, from the gauges to the radio.
Full live six-pack flight instruments
Live engine and system instruments
Liquid magnetic compass
One-time compass calibration
Spoken instrument readouts
Tandem two-seat cockpit
Dual-control handover
Working animated flying yoke
Moving elevator and rudder
Moving left and right ailerons
Spinning propeller
Flashing navigation lights
Four selectable camera views
First-person cockpit flying view
Live instruments visible from the cockpit
Touch-operated simulated radio
Simulated regional radio traffic
Ignition key and cockpit keyhole
Decorative toggle and lights switches
Piper Cub logo
The Mark Five poster from Hanscoque Avionics.
A note on regions
The Cub is a physical aircraft, so she flies best on a healthy region. If you see heavy rubber-banding or stutter, that's the region or your connection rather than the aircraft. A relog usually helps.
