ENGINE OUT LANDING - Pipistrel Alpha Trainer DEADSTICK 

The Pipistrel is a beautiful bird. My bucket list just got a little bigger.👍

That's awesome that you turned the engine off and just glided down to land (touch and go)...It's a great light sport plane, easy to maneuver and very responsive...I flew this a couple weeks ago, and it's so addicting, wanted to go up again :)

I'm a private pilot that has been grounded for health reasons for 30 years. Between the improvement of my health and the requirements to fly this airplane I can get my wings back. Had always hoped to fly again. Ant this airplane looks and behaves marvelously! Love the idea of being able to do an engine out glider approach! I'm very excited. Going to visit the Inverness flight school...Right Rudder Aviation very soon!

I used to practice Deadstick landings in a Super Cub. There was a pair of paved runways out in the middle of a farmer's field in California. There was never anybody or any other airplane around. I would also take friends out there to practice touch and goes. Good Times.

Seriously, I can't like his enough. Very cool!

Ok, that's it! My father is a retired airline pilot and always wanted me to fly. I took a ground school course and passed with a high grade. Just couldn't afford the rest. Now at 55 I can fly this pipistrel.

Looks like a blast to fly, and instructor is calm and knowledgeable.

Bloody frigging brilliant is an understatement

Beautiful flight.

Ive just been binge watching aviation all day, i think I’ve found a new intrest

Beautiful looking and performing airplane! I love it!

This plane is just so incredible. It's almost to good to be true

Thanks...I am learning on the Sinus....Was great to watch the landings...

nice airplane, a great instructor, your lucky to have such a knowledgeable instructor, the plane just floats in engine off, great landing

Good luck, that is something neither one of you will forget. It will be a blessing.

Glider pilots when he starts to sweat at the deadstick landing: Pathetic

I saw six or seven of their planes out of Inverness over Lakeland today. What a great little plane. Just pure fun. Thanks.

People watching the glider go around: 0_0

what a well engineered plane that is!

Beautiful aircraft. You could really fly ultra long range with that one. Thanks for the video.

That is amazing bro....I never knew deadsticking could be that smooth

interesting how safe and well designed and at the same time at its core - a simple plane idea finally caught ppls minds lol

Beautiful airplane, great video! Thanks a million!

Oh my God, how many times we have done this in our Alpha Trainer... and totally worth it!

I love how that instructor he have a really down to earth vibe about him

wow beautiful flying.

Awesome aircraft!

I'm not surprised! One of the planes you actually force it to land cause of the huge flying characteristics. Good machine, good performance! Flew test flight for impression on the pipistrel virus, and also as I know, some two ladies made it around the world with the pipistrel verus, but the one with longer wings. Awesome machine!

thx for the nice video. it helps me a lot in the choice between Tecnam, Virus or Alpha. This is like a great and simple plane

Wow! Truly amazing

I would love to own one of these. Looks lightweight, efficient, ergonomic.

That thing is so cool!

Pipistrel is one of those aircraft I've been thinking about A LOT. Nice video! Such a cool experience!

What a beautiful airplane

Totally cool! Thanks...

Really cool. Great video !!!

9:37 That ATCS sounds like she's half asleep.

Excellent video and cool aircraft! Thank you. I enjoyed that quite a lot.

that had me smiling. thanks.

Awesome plane!

A beautiful little aircraft ..would love to fly it ..👍

clean neat and nice!

It’s really amazing....

Amazing aircraft

Amazing!

This thing barely stalls at all. Very impressive. The overall philosophy of this plane (impressive glide ratio, docile handling, extremely friendly departure behaviour, parachute) makes it seem very safe.

Looks fun!

Thi the best thinng i have seen thiss week

Very sweet!

brilliant !

This plane is awesome

Wow that was awesome! At times I felt like I was there lol. This plane is so unique makes me think of Leonardo da Vinci. Great video.

It was really enjoying to watch 😎👍

Oh what a nice Plane

Excellente

Thats pretty sweet

So cool

well done man!

that plane is impressive

That. Was cool.

The power of slovenia💪💪💪💪

Personally I think every private pilot should have to have a couple hours in this type of aircraft where they can actually do an engine off and restart procedures and checklists. Just saying. What an amazing tool. It is a little unnerving to be so quiet when as a pilot you are tuned to the sounds your aircraft makes. Every little sound change, you can detect. The opportunity to actually run a checklist, restart and recover? No simulation can compete with the knowledge gained by actually having to perform an emergency procedure. Great video. Thanks.

Awsome vid

Nice video!

Awesome, I just called you for lessons. I would like to get one of these limited edition alpha trainers. I was looking for a sinus but may have to start with the alpha. Update: I got the Sinus as the one I was waiting for (550kg taildragger) came on the market.

That was fun.

Nice !

Wow that is bad ass!

Wow! Fun

Im a current ucf student looking to go to ERAU after I graduate this year!

Awesome!👍👏🏻🙏🏅

Pipistrel creates probably the most ergonomic aircraft on the market today.

That was nice. I miss flying. I soloed in a Katana DA20 about 25 years ago. Life happened, so I didn't get a chance to get my PPL. But, now that I'm retired, I have been thinking that may be the Motorized Glider Pilot License may be a cheaper way to get back to flying.

This makes me want to get back in the saddle, that plane and in Florida! Looks more fun than the Cessna 172...

This plane may just convince me to get a recreational pilot's licence

I learned in a TG-2 and got my private in a C-150. This is the kind of airplane that I'd like to have.

I am a 62 year old non pilot. This will be where I train and the plane I buy. I’ve been flying this one in MSFS 2020.

the little baddie, Pipistrel

seemed quite twichy nice little plane t-tail with no super stall, a 747 has a glide ratio of 17-1

Awesome!!! :D

You really hone your flight skills with a motor-glider. You can almost become as efficient as a test pilot knowing the aircrafts full capabilities and achieving the most from your aircraft. It also has to be one of the best confidence building flight training platforms available for a low-time pilot. I would recommend this type of training to any pilot who would be thinking of aviation as a career. Knowing what you aircraft can and can not do allows for a pilot to focus on the emergency in hoping you can resolve the problem your facing and knowing what your aircraft has available all the way to deciding to land or deploy the ballistic parachute. The only issue with this aircraft is the wide wingspan that may prevent you from landing on a paved road surface. But with such a low landing speed you could set down on a farm field without hopefully doing to much damage to the gear. You have a lot of options with a 50-1 glide ratio. Damn!! Great video!!

Deadstick landings in a 172 are the main thing I do on a simulator because it's the hardest thing in flying. Sometimes flaps, sometimes not.

TOP!

That was a cool airplane. I only know Cessna.

Ok. I’m ready to sell my 150! That was an amazing demo of an efficient bird! Outstanding.

man this is what im going to do in the new Flightsimulator :D lol

nice

Cool

how cool is a touch and go in a glider!

Very nice I fly one in boerne texas

hi! how many feet (AGL) were you when turned the engine off?

If you get a Private Pilot certificate on this Pipistrel trainer, is that certificate good to fly other planes like a C172?

Hi, I have an Alpha Club version, how much L/D you can improve with the foldable propeller?

No nose dip on stall, and you fly like a glider on deadstick! How far can this thing fly on a gallon of fuel with 2 people while going from gliding to power do you think?

I'm interesting to buy this one InsyaAllah..

Saw this one as electric plane flying a few weeks ago. When it was taxiing on ground and went on idle the prop always turned off

Wow on that glide... imagine how much further ir can do with wheel fairings. haha

Doing the same flights in an electric vertion of the motor glider. That would be my ultimate.

I want to try!

Nice approaches Pedro. The instructor made mention of a fuel pump which is associated with low wing aircraft. Assuming the fuel is in the wings would it not be gravity fed like Cessna?