[3][6][7][8][9] The petrol-powered version of the Panthera is intended to cruise at 198 KTAS (366.7 km/h) at 8,000 feet for over 1,000 nmi (1,852 km) with a 14.8 gph (56 L/h) fuel burn.

[3][6][7][8][9] The company is offering the Panthera as an experimental aircraft, either factory-built or as a kit for amateur construction, with the type certified variant expected in 2022.

[14] The EU-funded the Hypstair program over three years till 2016: a Panthera mockup received a serial hybrid-electric powertrain, ground testing a 200-kW motor driven by batteries only, by a 100-kW generator-only and by both combined.

[15] In October 2021, Pipistrel and the Mahepa consortium announced the hybrid-electric version of the Panthera has completed the first phase of its flight test program.

[16] Features of the aircraft will include an airframe ballistic parachute designed for use at high speeds and low altitudes[17] and a glass cockpit.