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} |} The Pipistrel Panthera is a lightweight, all-composite, highly efficient four-place aircraft under development by Pipistrel of Slovenia.〔〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Panthera: Is This The Plane To Catch? )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Travel made effortless with Pipistrel's new four seater Panthera )〕〔Bernard, Mary and Suzanne B. Bopp: ''What's Coming?'', Kitplanes, Volume 29, Number 12, December 2012, page 29. Belvoir Publications. ISSN 0891-1851〕 The gasoline-powered version of the Panthera is intended to cruise at for over with a 10 US gph (37 lph) fuel burn. There are two other versions planned, one with a 145 kW hybrid 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.〔〔〔〔〔 The company intends to offer the aircraft first as a kit for amateur construction and may later type certify it.〔 ==Design and development== In May 2011, Pipistrel was working on constructing the prototype, powered by the Lycoming engine, with all of the aircraft molds already completed. The first flight was planned for autumn of the same year, with the aircraft being tested the following summer with the electric technologies derived from the Green Flight Challenge electric Taurus project. It will be initially offered in kit form, and Pipistrel indicated that construction will take place in Italy.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Des Nouvelles du Panthera )〕 Features of the aircraft will include an airframe parachute designed for use at high speeds and low altitudes and a glass cockpit.〔 The Pipistrel Panthera has an all-composite airframe, made from carbon fiber, glass fiber, and kevlar, and it sports trailing-link electric landing gear made of titanium and aluminum alloys, which will be of benefit for operations from grass runways. The composite materials used for the exterior of the aircraft were selected in part based on their ability to withstand lightning strikes,〔(【引用サイトリンク】Lightning Strike Test )〕 which merit increased consideration when employing composite materials instead of a traditional aluminum airframe. In March 2014 it was announced that the intended Lycoming IO-390 powerplant will be replaced by a six-cylinder Lycoming IO-540. The change was made due to Lycoming Engines not planning to certify the IO-390 for automotive fuel as an option. The IO-540 will provide the same cruise performance and fuel economy, but weighs more. However, it will allow the Panthera's gross weight to be increased by to make up for the extra weight. The aircraft will use the existing cowling, which was originally designed to accommodate a six-cylinder engine anyway. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pipistrel Panthera」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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