Make your Single Engine Piston/Power Class Rating current again at E-Flight Academy.
Who is it for?
Do you have a LAPL or higher? Or are you a commercial pilot but your SEP rating is no longer current? Then take the Single Engine Piston Renewal course with us. You will train on our Pipistrel Virus piston engine, or the fully electric Pipistrel Velis.
Practice
- At least 2 flight lessons of 1 hour on the Pipistrel 121 SW Virus, or 3 flight lessons of 45 minutes on the Pipistrel 128 Velis.
- At least 10 landings (10 landings are included in the price, if more landings are necessary this will be based on post-calculation)
- 1 hour of aircraft rental (1 flight Virus or possibly 2 flights Velis) for the exam flight (if longer is needed, this will be based on post-calculation)
- Do you need more lessons? Then you pay per extra lesson based on post-calculation.
Theory
During the practical training, a portion of theory is also provided. Expect 8 hours of theory with the instructor and 8 hours of self-study. During the exam, the theoretical knowledge will be assessed orally by the examiner.
Good to know
- A single engine class rating can be obtained on an electric model or a fuel model. If you want to be able to fly both variants, we recommend first obtaining a SEP class rating on the fuel model and then doing the E-conversion to our electric model. No exam is required for the E-conversion. If you choose to obtain the SEP class rating on an electric aircraft, you are not allowed to fly a fuel model afterwards, and vice versa.
- For a SEP class rating, you already need a valid LAPL or PPL. A higher license such as CPL or ATPL is of course also acceptable.
- For LAPL holders, in addition to the 'dual' SEP practical training, 10 solo takeoffs and landings must also be completed under the supervision of the instructor. For this, a flight of one and a half hours is planned (Virus) or two flights of 45 minutes (Velis). Let us know when this is the case.
- You must have a medical certificate of at least class 2.
- The examiner and the exam costs are not included in the price (expect 250 euros for an examiner). The landing fees during the exam are also not included. These will be charged after the exam.
- The above practical program is the minimum number of hours. Depending on the individual, more training may be required.
- If you are allowed to fly both piston and electric after the training, you need to keep track of the validity for both. Unfortunately, there is no 'cross-crediting' in the legislation for this.
- If you have ever owned a SEP but it has expired and you want to make it valid again, please contact us for more information. This also applies if you need to make a training flight for 'revalidation'. Often, a modified syllabus is possible.
- You are responsible for applying for the certificate modification with KIWA. We will help you get started.
Date and time to schedule
You can directly reserve the slots by selecting "choose date and time" on this page. If you don't know the date/time yet, that's not a problem; we will send you the information to book later.