Europe’s Mahepa Preparing To Fly Second Hybrid Four-Seater

Pipistrel Panthera engine
Credit: Mahepa project
A four-seat hybrid-electric aircraft is being prepared for flight tests under a European research program. The Pipistrel Panthera has been fitted with a combined internal-combustion and battery-electric propulsion system under the Modular Approach to Hybrid-Electric Propulsion Architecture (Mahepa)...
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