Albastar Apis
{{Short description|Single-seat Slovenian motor glider, 2000}}
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|name=Apis WR
|image=ApisWR.jpg
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|type=Ultralight-class sailplane
|national_origin=Slovenia
|manufacturer=Albastar Ltd
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|first_flight=2000
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|variants=Pipistrel Apis-Bee
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The Albastar Apis WR is a single seater sailplane of Slovenian manufacture, the first aircraft created entirely by this manufacturer, Albastar Ltd.{{cite web|url = http://www.albastar.si/development.php|title = Development project of the last decade|accessdate = 3 March 2015|last = Albastar Ltd|author-link = Albastar Ltd|year = 2012 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20120213171459/http://www.albastar.si/development.php |archivedate = 13 February 2012}} An Ultralight Class glider, it has set five world records in this class.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04, page 53. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster OK, 2003. ISSN 1368-485X
Often confused with the very similar Wezel Apis 2, the two designs are not related.
Specifications
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|prime units? = met
|crew=One pilot
|length m=6.35
|length ft=20
|length in=10
|span m=13.3
|span ft=43
|span in=8
|height m=1.25
|height ft=4
|height in=1
|wing area sqm=8.9
|wing area sqft=96
|aspect ratio=20.0
|empty weight kg=135
|empty weight lb=298
|gross weight kg=300
|gross weight lb=661
|max speed kmh=220
|max speed mph=137
|glide ratio=40 at 90 km/h (56 mph)
|sink rate ms=0.60
|sink rate ftmin=118
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