Pipistrel Velis Electro
The first fully electric aircraft to receive a type certificate (EASA, 2020). A two-seat trainer based on the Pipistrel Virus, with a liquid-cooled 57.6 kW motor and two batteries, approved for day VFR circuits and training flights.
Performance
- Cruise speed
- 88 kt
- Never-exceed speed (VNE)
- 108 kt
- Service ceiling
- 12,000 ft
- Rate of climb
- 647 ft/min
Licence and training
- Licences that cover it
- LAPL(A) · PPL(A)
- Class rating
- SEP (land)
- Extra training or endorsements
- None beyond the licence and rating.
EASA terms. Other authorities name and split ratings differently.
Flight rules and approvals
- Flight rules
- VFR only
Assumes the usual equipment. The aircraft's own documents decide what it may fly.
Type
- Manufacturer
- Pipistrel
- Category
- Aeroplane
- Engines
- 1× Electric
- ICAO type designator
- PIVE
- Wake turbulence category
- L · Light
- In service since
- 2020
Weights and capacity
- Max passengers
- 1
- Minimum crew
- 1
- Cockpit seats
- 2
- Max take-off weight (MTOW)
- 600 kg
- Max landing weight
- 600 kg
- Empty weight
- 428 kg
Runway
- Minimum runway
- 448 m
- Take-off distance over 15 m (50 ft)
- 448 m
- Usable surfaces
- Asphalt · Concrete · Grass
The longer of take-off and landing distance. At 600 kg, ISA, sea level, dry paved runway, no wind.
Cockpit and systems
Scale drawing
- Length
- 6.47 m
- Wingspan
- 10.7 m
- Height
- 2.06 m
- Fuselage width
- 1.15 m
- Propeller diameter
- 1.64 m
Drawn to scale from the published length, span and height; finer shapes are approximate.
Size comparison
- Pipistrel Velis ElectroLength 6.47 m
All drawn at one scale. The person is 1.8 m tall.
Speeds
- White arc: flaps may be used
- Green arc: normal operating range
- Yellow arc: caution, smooth air only
- Red line: never exceed
- 46 kt
- 75 kt
- 70 kt
- 100 kt
- 81 kt
- 98 kt
- 108 kt
Typical published values for the named variant, for learning only. Always fly with the aircraft's own flight manual (POH/AFM).
Fly the Pipistrel Velis Electro in the simulator
Practise your radio calls with this aircraft type in the AI ATC simulator.
