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Photo: RANS Designs
| Lift type | Fixed wing | ||
| Construction type | Kit-built | ||
| Control type | Piloted | ||
| Engine type | Piston | ||
| Application | Sport | ||
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Kitbuilt high wing single piston light sport aircraft. Includes S-7S (kitbuilt) and S-7LS (factory built, no longer offered) variants.
| Variant | Launch/First flight | Production end | |
| RANS S-7 Courier | 1986 / 1985 | Two-seat tandem lightplane kitbuilt aircraft with high constant-chord wing, includes S-7S. |
See recent updates (latest 13/07/2026)
| RANS Designs Inc. |
Other aircraft programs: RANS S-20 Raven, RANS S-21 Outbound
| Aerocet Inc. | Analysis | Aircraft Floats. Note: Optional floats |
| Alaska Gear Company (was Airframes Alaska & Alaskan Bushwheels) | Analysis | Tyres. Note: Optional 26” Bushwheel tyres |
| Cleveland Wheel & Brake Systems (was Aircraft Wheel & Brake by Kaman / Parker) | Analysis | Aircraft Wheels. Note: Optional wheels |
| Matco mfg | Analysis | Aircraft Wheels. Note: Optional wheels |
| BRP-Rotax GmbH & Co KG | Analysis | Piston Engines. R912 Series - RANS S-7 Courier (Rotax 912 ULS) |
| Warp Drive Inc | Analysis | Composite Propellers. Note: Optional three-blade ground-adjustable propeller |
| Whirlwind Propellers | Analysis | Composite Propellers. Note: Optional three-blade 75" ground-adjustable propeller |
| Aveo Engineering Group | Analysis | Aircraft Exterior Lighting Systems. Note: Optional strobe lighting |
| Garmin International | Analysis | Electronic Flight Instrument Systems. G3X - RANS S-7 Courier (Optional (S-7LS)) |
| Garmin International | Analysis | Radio Communications Equipment. Note: GTR 200 radio Radar Transponders. Note: GTX 35 transponder |
| Garmin International | Analysis | GPS. Note: AREA 660 GPS |
| ACK Technologies Inc | Analysis | Emergency Locator Transmitters. Note: E-04 ELT |
