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About the Pipistrel Panthera
Overview
The Pipistrel Panthera is a four-seat, all-composite cross-country single built by Pipistrel of Slovenia, now part of Textron eAviation. It pairs a 260-horsepower fuel-injected Lycoming IO-540 with retractable gear and a laminar-flow composite airframe to reach roughly 198 knots true on about 13 gallons of avgas an hour, unusually efficient for a four-seat single of that speed. A whole-airframe ballistic parachute and a glass cockpit are standard.
It is not yet type-certificated. After more than a decade in development the Panthera is still completing EASA CS-23 certification, and Pipistrel’s own data sheet states that all figures are provisional pending type approval and a final production configuration. In the US it is available on an experimental certificate rather than a standard one, in limited numbers. The specifications here follow Pipistrel’s 2023 official data sheet: treat the weights, fuel, and performance as the manufacturer’s current targets, not certified numbers.
Key Features for GA Buyers
- Speed on little fuel. About 198 knots on roughly 13 gallons an hour is unusually efficient for a four-seat single; the laminar composite airframe and retractable gear are the reason.
- Whole-airframe parachute, standard. A ballistic recovery system is fitted as standard, as on the Cirrus SR22.
- Range with four aboard. Pipistrel quotes around 1,000 nautical miles with four aboard and IFR reserves.
- Glass cockpit and composite cabin. A clean-sheet design with a purpose-built glass cockpit and a wide composite cabin.
Trade-offs
- Not type-certificated. This is the defining caveat. The Panthera flies in the US on an experimental certificate, which limits financing, raises insurance, narrows the resale market, and means no certified maintenance and parts network stands behind it. A buyer takes on the risk of an aircraft still completing certification.
- Provisional specifications. Pipistrel labels the published weights, fuel, and performance as provisional pending certification and a final configuration; the numbers can move before the aircraft is certified.
- Complex and high-performance. Retractable gear, a constant-speed propeller, and 260 horsepower mean both a high-performance and a complex endorsement, with the insurance and currency expectations that go with them.
- Limited production and support. Built in small numbers while certification is pending, so the owner network, parts pipeline, and shop familiarity are thin next to an established certified single.
See Also
- Cirrus SR22T – the certified, parachute-equipped composite four-seater it is most directly cross-shopped against; turbocharged, fixed-gear, and faster in cruise. Compare
- Cessna TTx Model T240 – a faster certified all-composite four-seat single, fixed-gear and without a parachute. Compare
- Cirrus SR22 – the naturally aspirated certified composite four-seater, slower and lower-priced. Compare
- Pipistrel Virus SW – Pipistrel’s efficient two-seat LSA sibling, built for a very different mission. Compare
Technical Specifications
Dimensions & Weights
- Height
- 7 ft
- Length
- 26 ft
- Parking area (ft²2)
- 1,436 ft²
- Max Takeoff Weight
- Source: manufacturer figure 3,000 lbs
- Max Landing Weight
- 3,000 lbs
- Useful Load
- Source: manufacturer figure 1,093 lbs
- Fuel Capacity
- Source: manufacturer figure 88 gal
Performance
- Cruise Speed
- Source: manufacturer figure 198 KTAS
- Never-Exceed (VNE)
- Source: third-party reference 220 KIAS
- Approach Speed
- 79 KIAS
- Stall, Clean (VS1)
- 69 KIAS
- Range
- 1030 NM
- Service Ceiling
- Source: manufacturer figure 25,000 ft
- Rate of Climb
- 1260 fpm
Engine
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Sources
Where the figures on this page come from. Pipistrel Panthera specifications are traced to published references; estimated values are flagged inline next to the figure.
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