I LOVE THIS PLANE !!! A joy to fly. But since it is so light, be prepared for some bumpiness.

Very interesting video, very detailed. Very happy I just purchased the sinus 914 model with 260 liter fuel tank. I think the range can easily exceed 3500km, but unfortunately I am in China and the sky here has too many restrictions. I look forward to flying around the world with it one day.

@satriyakristantowicaksono1714

Ай бұрын

congratulations! I wonder how much is it?

@ericsuperjones

Ай бұрын

@@satriyakristantowicaksono1714 I am the second owner of it. The original import price was 230,000 Dollar.

Fantastic plane I own the sinus in this video with the eagle on fuselage based in South Australia Have enjoyed many hours of great flying Thank you to the person that took the time to put this together as to the people commenting on name when I visited the factory and did a flight with there test pilot and commented about the name virus he stuck his chest out and said that was my suggestion because like a virus it is hard to stop you will want to go again and again He was right If you want to see our full video type in Pipistrel sinus South Australia Look for eagle on wing enjoy

Flying across the Atlantic non stop is pretty awesome.

Pretty awesome little aircraft.

I want one bad. They are amazing aircraft!

The name leaves much to be desired. Sweet-looking plane though. Although I was always partial to low-wing acft, I really like the visibility of a high-wing.

Seems pretty nice to me.

Interesting- my club has just bought one of these. A bit more fragile than our trusty Cessna but sexy if you like Garmin cockpits (I don't). Looking forward to learn to fly this thing - our 50 year old Cessna having become unsustainably expensive to maintain. We have taken the spats off a) because we operate from a runway with an arrester cable on it and b) to enable landings on grass strips..As to your informative video - it might be better to quote speeds and distances in knots rather than mph. I don't know what we paid for it but I doubt that it was half what you quote as a second hand price (it is ten years oldn apparently).

Can a pilot in United States build up 1500 flight hours in this aircraft? I was told Mesa Airlines has an innovative program and they are using these planes to build a flight time but I thought the LSA was a different different category from the PPL rating.

@howardgrattan9246

2 ай бұрын

A plane is a plane for flight time if you have a PPL.

@Lagrange1970

5 күн бұрын

This aircraft (VIRUS SW ) is certified and is used for PPL training, i am currently doing my PPL on VIRUS. So you can build hours with it.

Throughout this video he is saying Virus SV. It’s not an SV it’s a SW. Probably confusing for many viewers

@bigmetalbirds

2 ай бұрын

its Slovenian, so European pronunciation would suit better, i thought. In Europe this plane is indeed SV, like BMW is Be Em V, not be em w, as pronounced in US

the Flex seems more versatile

It does not appear you can fly this with a LS license.

All great except the name! Both the make and model!

I believe it is designated SW for short wing; not SV.

Still not affordable for the average person. General aviation is still for the 1%

@user-um3vv2mt5t

4 ай бұрын

I always thought it was misnamed... the general population could never afford it.

Why do you pronounce the designator 'SW' as 'Ess Vee'? Is this a nod to the German (and perhaps Slovenian) pronounciation?.

@bigmetalbirds

3 ай бұрын

Because thats how we pronounce the abbreviations here in Europe. I usually research the correct pronunciation for US made planes, but for the Pipistrel, i pronounce it as I heard from pilots i know. Its like BMW, we call it Bee Em Wee, or Bee Em Weh something like that :)

@georgemorris9971

3 ай бұрын

@@bigmetalbirds I thought that was the reason (I drive a Fa Weh Sharan ) but the accent of the commentator doesn't sound very 'European'!

@georgemorris9971

3 ай бұрын

Oh - and are we supposed to call it a Veeroose? It's a rather odd name in these post pandemic years - maybe less so before the plague.

@Lagrange1970

5 күн бұрын

@@georgemorris9971 you are right it’s pronounced Veeroos in Slovenia

@Lagrange1970

5 күн бұрын

Many thanks for the awesome video on Pipistrel, i am doing my PPl on this particular aircraft . It is a joy to fly. Despite its size, its is very stable including in turbulent air

16 us gallons tank, 1200 kilometers range 200 km/hr. The info is not accurate, it can only go 600 kilos with Rotax 912 installed on cruise speed

@bigmetalbirds

5 ай бұрын

You, probably, have misundestood it. Its 26 gallons, as stated in the video, + multiple documented flights of 1200+ kilometers.