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Pipistrel Alpha Trainer

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High wing single piston trainer. Including the electric powered variant Electro Trainer, and Alpha King with BendixKing avionics.

Lift type

Fixed wing

Assembly

Factory-built

Control

Piloted

Engine type

Piston, Electric

Application

Trainer

Design & construction

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Airframe & structure

Primary structure

Composite

Wing

Composite

Landing gear

Fixed tricycle

Ice protection

None

Pressurisation

Unpressurised

Systems & avionics

Flight controls

Mechanical

Autopilot

2-axis

Avionics architecture

Standalone glass

Configuration & certification

Wing position

High

Planform

Straight

Tail

T-tail

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Certification

Experimental-LSA

Minimum crew

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Type variants

Variant	Launch / first flight	Production end	Notes
Pipistrel Alpha Trainer	2011 / 2012		Production: 10 (2026) GAMA: Textron Aviation Pipistrel AT162A Alpha Trainer. Lightplane derived from Virus SW with redesigned wings and shorter nose landing gear aircraft, available in UL and LSA versions.
Pipistrel Alpha Electro	2015 / 2015		Electric variant.

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Pipistrel d.o.o.

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