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Key Takeaways:

  • The Pipistrel Virus aircraft boasts exceptional fuel efficiency, achieving 55 mpg and having won top honors in two NASA/CAFE efficiency contests.
  • It features a Rotax engine with liquid-cooled cylinder heads and offers optional upper-surface airbrakes for direct lift control.
  • The aircraft's design emphasizes fanatical weight control and provides various instrumentation levels, including EFIS and StormScope options.
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At 55 mpg, the Pipistrel Virus is changing the efficiency equation.

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Medial air intake feeds the radiator for the Rotax engine’s liquid-cooled cylinder heads. For more, check out Peter Garrison’s feature, “Pipistrel Virus.
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Optional upper-surface airbrakes add direct lift control to a wing reluctant to come down. For more, check out Peter Garrison’s feature, “Pipistrel Virus.
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They are controlled by an overhead handle located between the seats. For more, check out Peter Garrison’s feature, “Pipistrel Virus.
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Many levels of instrumentation are available, including several types of EFIS and a StormScope. Throttle (black) and pitch trim (green) are between the seats. For more, check out Peter Garrison’s feature, “Pipistrel Virus.
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Good airplane design is part instinct, part luck and part fanatical weight control. Pipistrel has all three. For more, check out Peter Garrison’s feature, “Pipistrel Virus.
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Proud boasts on one side of the nose continue on the other with top honors in two NASA/CAFE efficiency contests. For more, check out Peter Garrison’s feature, “Pipistrel Virus.
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For more, check out Peter Garrison’s feature, “Pipistrel Virus.
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For more, check out Peter Garrison’s feature, “Pipistrel Virus.
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For more, check out Peter Garrison’s feature, “Pipistrel Virus.
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For more, check out Peter Garrison’s feature, “Pipistrel Virus.
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For more, check out Peter Garrison’s feature, “Pipistrel Virus.
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For more, check out Peter Garrison’s feature, “Pipistrel Virus.

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