The force on the handle is super-low, even lower than on the Taurus and the reliability is much better than electrically retractable landing gear with other designs.
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Further, the main landing gear is retractable (optional) by manual mechanical installation. Immediately noticeable from the outside, the tail-wheel is recessed and steerable through the rudder pedals. The major improvements over the previous version: “The model of the Apis/Bee by Pipistrel is the second generation of Apis. The new generation of Apis/Bee was improved by Pipistrel. *this information might change with time as new world records are setĪPIS/BEE PG PURE GLIDER VERSION 14,97 WING SPANĪPIS/BEE PG PURE GLIDER VERSION 13,47 WING SPAN Speed record over a triangular course: 118.2 km/h (Boštjan Pristavec).
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Free distance using up to 3 turn points – 808.9km (Boštjan Pristavec).Free distance – 154km (Tanja Pristavec, DU feminine).Free distance using up to 3 turn points – 347.6km (Tanja Pristavec, DU feminine).Free out and return distance – 310km, (Tanja Pristavec, DU feminine).The wheel brake is accessible by the air-brakes handle.Īpis-Bee is a top performer and during the years it claimed several World Records in its class.* Landing gear is a retractable wheel with disk brake under the cockpit and a small one on the tail. Vertical rudders, air-brakes and ailerons use rigid connections (tubes and bearings) while vertical rudder is connected by steel cable.Īll controls hook up automatically, so you will have no problem when assembling and dissembling the aircraft for storage in a trailer. The Apis/Bee handles with ease and elegance like all Pipistrel aircraft. Rudder pedals are adjustable.Tail section: Horizontal stabilizer and rudder are made the same way as wings: in sandwich construction. Tow tie is mounted on the lower front part of the fuselage. Radio antenna is built-in to aft vertical stabilizer. Static pressure is measured on the side of the fuselage. Pitot-tube and air vent (for airing cockpit) are built into nose. Cockpit is covered with single piece Plexiglass canopy, opening in forward direction. Carbon and Kevlar are used from nose to wing section, while the rest is made in sandwich construction. Two halves are built so that most of the elements are glued into one of them and then both are put together. Rudder is built the same way from two halves with built-in control connections and hinges.Fuselage is built in combined AFK and CFK manner as a combination of shell and sandwich construction. Air-brakes expand from top half of the wing only. Top and lower surfaces are made first, then all additional elements (main spare, basic ribs, air-brake enclosure, ….) are glued into the top half. The plane itself is made of armored plastic in a combination of epoxy resin enforced with honeycomb, glass, carbon and Kevlar fibers. Featuring the same wing- and tail section aerodynamics as the Sinus and Taurus, Apis-Bee had a great gliding performance.Īll plastic parts are made in AFK, GFK and CFK technology while all main parts are LN certified. Pipistrel APIS Apis/Bee is a single-seat middle-wing ultralight self-launching glider with T-shaped tail.
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