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Line 28: \|} The '''Pipistrel Panthera''' is a lightweight, all-composite, highly efficient four-seat aircraft under development by [[Pipistrel]] of [[Slovenia]].<ref name=eco_friend/><ref name=tech_vehi/><ref name="avweb">{{cite web\|url=http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/pipistrel_panthera_hybrid_electric_four_aircraft_airplane_204723-1.html\|title=Panthera: Is This The Plane To Catch?\|accessdate=2011-11-26}}</ref><ref name="automoto">{{cite web\|url=http://www.automotto.com/entry/travel-made-effortless-with-pipistrels-new-four-seater-panthera/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110504175048/http://www.automotto.com/entry/travel-made-effortless-with-pipistrels-new-four-seater-panthera/\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=2011-05-04\|title=Travel made effortless with Pipistrel's new four seater Panthera\|accessdate=2011-11-26}}</ref><ref name="KitplanesDec2012">Bernard, Mary and Suzanne B. Bopp: ''What's Coming?'', Kitplanes, Volume 29, Number 12, December 2012, page 29. Belvoir Publications. ISSN 0891-1851</ref>▼ ~~The '''Pipistrel Panthera''' is a lightweight, all-composite, highly efficient four-seat aircraft under development by [[Pipistrel]]~~ ▲of [[Slovenia]].<ref name=eco_friend/><ref name=tech_vehi/><ref name="avweb">{{cite web\|url=http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/pipistrel_panthera_hybrid_electric_four_aircraft_airplane_204723-1.html\|title=Panthera: Is This The Plane To Catch?\|accessdate=2011-11-26}}</ref><ref name="automoto">{{cite web\|url=http://www.automotto.com/entry/travel-made-effortless-with-pipistrels-new-four-seater-panthera/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110504175048/http://www.automotto.com/entry/travel-made-effortless-with-pipistrels-new-four-seater-panthera/\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=2011-05-04\|title=Travel made effortless with Pipistrel's new four seater Panthera\|accessdate=2011-11-26}}</ref><ref name="KitplanesDec2012">Bernard, Mary and Suzanne B. Bopp: ''What's Coming?'', Kitplanes, Volume 29, Number 12, December 2012, page 29. Belvoir Publications. ISSN 0891-1851</ref> The gasoline-powered version of the Panthera is intended to cruise at {{convert\|202\|kn\|km/h\|abbr=on}} for over {{convert\|1000\|nmi\|km\|0\|abbr=on}} with a 10 US gph (37 lph) fuel burn. There are two other versions planned, one with a 145 kW hybrid-electric power system, and the other with a 145 kW pure electric system. These two latter variants will only seat two people to accommodate the electric systems.<ref name=eco_friend/><ref name=tech_vehi/><ref name="avweb" /><ref name="automoto" /><ref name="KitplanesDec2012" /> The company ~~intends~~is ~~to offer~~offering the Panthera as an [[experimental aircraft]], ~~first~~either factory-built or as a [[Homebuilt aircraft\|kit]] for amateur construction, ~~and~~with ~~may later~~the [[Type certificate\|type ~~certify~~certified]] itvariant expected in 2022.<ref name="~~KitplanesDec2012~~Panthera_website" /> ==Design and development== Line 51 ⟶ 50: The Panthera drivetrain will be divided in modules: [[electric motor]] [[thrust]] generator and [[internal combustion]] [[power generator]] in the nose, [[human-machine interface]] and [[computing]], fuel and batteries in the wing.<!--<ref name=AvWeek7aug2018/>--> Ground testing is planned for 2019 before flight tests in 2020.<ref name=AvWeek7aug2018>{{cite news \|url= http://aviationweek.com/future-aerospace/european-project-benchmark-hybrid-electric-propulsion \|title= European Project To Benchmark Hybrid-Electric Propulsion \|date= Aug 7, 2018 \|author= Graham Warwick \|work= Aviation Week & Space Technology}}</ref> ==Variants== ;Panthera (IO-360) :Initial experimental variant powered by a Lycoming IO-360, {{cvt\|210\|hp\|kW}} engine.<ref name="Panthera_website" /> 3 units built. ;Panthera (IO-540) :Experimental variant powered by a Lycoming IO-540, {{cvt\|260\|hp\|kW}} engine.<ref name="Panthera_website" /> ;Panthera Individual :Experimental homebuilt kit variant powered by a Lycoming IO-540 engine.<ref name="Panthera_website" /> ;Panthera EASA TC :EASA CS-23 type-certified variant, powered by a Lycoming IO-540 engine. Launch expected in 2022.<ref name="Panthera_website" /> ;Panthera Hybrid :Variant equipped with a hybrid-electric powertrain. In development.<ref name="Panthera_website" /> ;Panthera Electro :Battery-powered fully electric variant. In development.<ref name="Panthera_website" /> ==Specifications==

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