PIPISTREL LAUNCHES TWO AIRCRAFT IN ONE

12 Sep 2013

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Change the wingtips on Pipistrel's latest aircraft, the Flex, and in just five minutes you can have a different aircraft.

The Flex is based on Pipistrel's motor-glider, the Sinus. The Sinus can be used
as a fast and economic cross-country cruiser, a training aircraft and as an efficient glider.

But remove the outer 5-feet sections of wingtip, replace with shorter wingtips and you have Pipistrel's Virus fast cruiser.

"A standard wrench is all you need to transform your Sinus into a Virus and back," says Slovenian company Pipistrel. "The tips slide easily into the wing and back out, and all it takes to secure them are about 10 turns with the wrench."

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