Alpi Pioneer 400
The Alpi Pioneer 400 scales up the Pioneer family to four seats, giving Alpi Aviation's Italian kit-aircraft range genuine family and short cross-country capability rather than just two-seat touring. It keeps the low-wing, wood-and-carbon-fibre construction and retractable tricycle gear of its smaller Pioneer 300 sibling, with winglets added to its trapezoidal wing. A Rotax 912S engine driving a variable-pitch propeller gives it a cruise speed around 220 km/h, brisk for a four-seat homebuilt design. Like other Pioneers, it is available as an amateur-built kit or a factory-completed aircraft.
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Did you know?
The Pioneer family's four-seat member: a low-wing wood-and-carbon kit plane with winglets and retractable tricycle gear.
Specifications
| Length | 7 m (23 ft) |
|---|---|
| Wingspan | 8.8 m (29 ft) |
| Maximum take-off weight | 0.8 t |
| Range | 540 NM (1,000 km) |
| Service ceiling | 20,000 ft (6,096 m) |
| Optimum ceiling | 15,000 ft (4,572 m) |
| Rate of climb | 1,500 ft/min (7.6 m/s) |
| Take-off distance | 280 m (919 ft) |
| Landing distance | 200 m (656 ft) |
| Fuel capacity | 80 l |
Curated by CatchFlights from manufacturer documents, ICAO Doc 8643 and reference works; values are left out where no source could confirm them. Sources are listed on our credits page.
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