Flight Trial : Pipistrel's Sleek Panthera 

I love this guy's flight reviews. No nonsense and straight to the important points. Devoid of sales pitchy type phrases n sentiments.

Such a sleek plane. Always a fan of AvWeb videos.

7:35 Paul is killing me with his comedy lol XD

I’ve never seen someone who looks and sounds more like a pilot than this guy, he speaks slowly calmly and flawlessly. 😅

Paul Bertorelli - I like your style! Excellent and fair review of a work in progress....

The best Panthera review! Thank you!

Very impressed with all the measures they took to reduce the drag. Plane looking pretty cool as well. Very good video!

😮 It's been so long that I had given up on this plane! I hope they eventually revive the electric version they were originally planning.

Great review! I agree, it is one of the best looking planes on the market today

After all the years of sitting in it at Friedrichshafen, it's terrific to see you flying it. I enjoyed just sitting in it!

That's one gorgeous looking plane. The cockpit reminds me of the F-111's cockpit canopy. Thanks for sharing this.

Beauty in its purest form! Fantastic aeroplane!

Great review. Easy to follow and understand. Thank you

Thanks for the well wishes at the end paul. We need it badly.

Very informative report, thanks for doing this

Great report! Thank you!

Excellent review..... Brilliant !

Looks like a beautiful and highly competent aircraft - interested how it finally pans out!

Thanks for the great review! I’d love to buy one under 500k. So many of us have been following it’s development for years, I wouldn’t be surprised if the backlog for certified aircraft gets to be several years with high dealer premiums. In any case it is a beautiful breath of fresh air for GA!

Excellent. Jack Webb would love your dry, fact-filled analysis and I do, too.

Damn that's a beautiful plane. The interior is very cool

love this ❤️panthera.. beautiful aircraft!

There is no more trustworthy a reviewer than Paul Bertorelli. You hear that AVweb? Keep this guy!

Excellent review Paul, thank you. As far as 2020 being almost over, well we might be in for more of the same next year.

Great start for the day. Mike Patey posted a new video and Bertorelli reviewed the Panthera

Great video!

Excellent review!!!!!!!!

Great review !!!

Beautiful aircraft but what stood out for me in this video was the DA50 fuel burn. 9 GPH at 181 kts... Wow!

That's a beautiful machine!!! I know what I want when I grow up!!!

I believe when operating the engine at higher than recommended head temperatures the maintenance costs will eat into an owners pocketbook greater than expected or may cause premature engine failures, but heck it does have the ballistic parachute for that scenario just in case. She’s a beauty and I can’t argue that with a price tag to match she’s of my class.

Beautiful plane!

Nice to see modern aircraft of the 21 century!

Great video. Great presenter.

Sweet ride and great review as always Paul! The challenge will be ramp up on certified maintenance shops and dealer network where Cirrus is the king. Cirrus has 20 year head start as well but hopefully these guys can be competitive. If I had the coin to buy one of these I would get a used SR2-G3 for a lot less with AC and TKS, and no I don’t work for Cirrus. 😊

This is the plane I've been waiting for... and the Epic. Finally they are both here!!

Beautiful airplane!

Nice work man awesome keep it coming

The best aviation presenter! Paul rules, totally no-nonsense, says it like it is. More of his reviews please! As for the plane , it needs a 850shp turboprop.

Good review! Been to that Airport!😎👍

Great honest review of a great plane. They need to fix the cooling issue at power climbing. With all that carbon it should be much lighter.

Looks great ...

Brilliant buddy what a outstanding plane. It looks amazing buddy. Would love to fly it phil. Happy new year to you buddy and good luck for the rest of the year phil. 👍2021.

B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L airplane! I'm heading out to play the lotto.

Gorgeous

So beautiful. Hope to own one and fly it someday

Great video. Always learning something new...like how the heck do you design a new prop? Clever stuff.

A very kind review, especially considering that center post and glare shield gloss over as something you can get used to through "some adaptation". Note that even fighter jets take exception to the "frontal drag" by putting the pilot in a position that allows for a complete and unencumbered view in all directions, especially straight ahead whether flying or moving around the airport. The gear doors (all 11 of them) are an impressive engineering feat. The manufacturers attention to detail in reducing drag is great, but not having speed brakes along with a relatively slow 106 knot gear down speed is going to present significant pilot challenges in slowing down without shock cooling that Lycoming up front. The aircrafts profile is clearly impressive. Sleek and smooth. But the trade offs in ingress and egress, forward visibility and flying at such an inclined position may not sit well with owners who care more about these factors than ramp appeal. Dissipating all the heat generated during a climb out was noted in the review. Perhaps also a result of placing too much emphasis on sleekness and not enough on practicalities.

OK it's Friday arvo where I am and it's half past drinks o'clock. So maybe it's not completely outlandish that when I saw the headline and that Bertorelli was doing the long-awaited review... I got a good feeling about this one!

God it's gorgeous.

Very well explained well done so clever, what you do for living?

Mechanics are going to love pulling that cooling shroud off

2021 hasn’t been much better.

AvWeb is a legend

Thou I really like the IO-540 I regret that they had to choose it. I had two of them in the old PA-23 from the 1960's that I used to have. An aeroplane like the Panthera, shurly deserves a more modern power-plant!

Очень интересно и информативно! Спасибо!

I'm going to go see it in a couple of weeks

“Any other options?” Wtf! That thing is like a starship!... especially compared to the 777 I fly for a living😂

I live in Inverness didn’t think avweb would have a reason to come here.

HD playback options are increased. Nice!

Great review and nice voice crack at 16:25 😉

The plane is certainly above all praise! I wonder if it is used as a sightseeing tourist, does the wing interfere with admiring the view?

We’ve been looking for a project like this to help certify. Incremental improvements in material application and subsequently performance are the only realistic approaches with the FAA. Unfortunately the man hours alone required for certification are so burdensome that it’s a major (not the only) driver of product price.

I gotta meet Paul this year coming.

Good stuff Paul. Thank you, sir. Volume seems a bit lower than usual though. Lower than all other vids I've watched today anyway. Just FYI.

This has been my dream "I won the lottery!" plane for years.

At 16.32 it says the Diamond DA50 would do 181kts at 9 GPH, that might be a little optimistic. The DA50 does 172 kts at 10000 ft on MAX power at 15.9 GPH and 127 knots at 8 GPH at 10000ft.

wow what am amazing plane

Nice!

Nice plane but that sales guy reminded me of Paul Reiser's character from the movie, Aliens. And while I agree with Paul's general assessment of its beauty, not a one of these plastic airplanes has the stateliness and grace of, say, a cabin Waco 🤩

that is a nice airplane, but at the 3:30 mark the Metro in the background is the airplane from our company being scrapped, interesting to see a airplane from Canada in this video. But back to the Pipistrel hope to see it certified soon

Paul details this plane very well.. Turbo diesel in the Panthera would be nice too

nice design

love it let's go pipistrel

I'm not a pilot but love flying. I'm an engineer and love hearing from someone who knows what they're talking about. Cheers!

Another unaffordable aircraft. Keep 'em coming

Back to watch this again in March 2021. Just wishing Tine was giving the run down...

I'll take the Bird Dog thank you! Ha Ha.. Great video of a sleek airplane!

cool~

I was hoping for more efficiency in nm/lb due to the amount of work & time that Pipistrel has placed into this airplane. As for cost, Pipistrel is usually cheaper than traditional airplanes but the delays & engine change have increased this. I don't know if this will be a good seller based on the info presented.

I still have the hots for the Bellanca Viking; just think what they could have done with composites on that aircraft. Never retract gear until there is insufficient runway remaining.

:) mmmmmm I loved that Pawnee taxiing by.... Even though she's missing a few parts, that Metroliner sure looked sleek and nice ; Oh.. that expensive piston in the front of the frame is ok too.... ;)

I'm hoping they Hybrid Engine hits strong. It'll be used enough for me to buy once I'm looking at buying a plane

I hope you do a video on the Celera 500L at some point.

They need to redesign the cowlings and add a turbo, my guess is they couldn't keep the temps down without sacrificing power. Certainly for the price it should be over 300hp. Other than that and visibility this is a fantastic bird.

1:03 Looks like an angry aeroplane version of Thomas the Tank Engine

Thank thank thank u man I am wondering I need to detail for that airplane vs diamonds 50rg? Which one is great quality and etc...

I'll take mine with a "Dime Slime" green paintjob please. It will look nice on my Far Above Drivers tour.

Hi, can I ask you what is that NACA hole at the end of wing tip? What is reason for that? Thank you.

whats the lightning protection on it

Beautiful aircraft with an advanced cockpit and airfoil design, but still burns 100LL.

Hope they bring the hybrid option because the DA50 is high on the list currently

Nice plane, if I ever have 3/4 of a mil to spend on a plane I will consider it.

Just curious - where do you find all the performance data of other planes? Is there a decent database somewhere? Or do you have to collect and crunch these numbers manually?

Is this safe to do basic aerobatics, rolls and loop?

Wow they finally made it! What a fantastic looking offering, and itll run on 93! Guess you better factor in the cost of a pickup truck with fuel tank in the bed to ferry fuel back n forth 😆

How about a review of JBM’s VL3 ?

Three questions: 1. Is it IFR certified? 2. Is there an TKS-System-Option? 3. Is the parachute optional or mandatory?

What do you wanna bet this turns out to be a million dollar airplane after certification?

Curious if they considered the Continental 300hp diesel?