Albastar Apis

{{Short description|Single-seat Slovenian motor glider, 2000}}

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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.

It is sold by Albastar ready-to-fly or kit-built.

Specifications

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|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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