The Champion V was developed into the Alpi Pioneer 300, with the addition of composite skin.[3]
The Champion V features a cantilever low-wing, a two-seats-in-side-by-side configuration enclosed cockpit under a bubble canopy, fixed or optionally retractable tricycle landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration.
The aircraft is made from wood, with its flying surfaces covered in doped aircraft fabric. Its 8.3211NaN1 span wing mounts flaps and has a wing area of 11m2. The wings are removable in about 15 minutes for ground transport or storage. The cabin width is 42inches. The acceptable power range is 75to and the standard engine used is the 750NaN0 Volkswagen air-cooled engine four cylinder, air-cooled, four stroke automotive conversion powerplant.
The Champion V has a typical empty weight of 272kg (600lb) and a gross weight of 4801NaN1, giving a useful load of 208kg (459lb). With full fuel of the payload for the pilot, passenger and baggage is 173kg (381lb).
The manufacturer estimates the construction time from the supplied kit as 1500 hours.
By 1998 the company reported that 15 kits had been sold and three aircraft were completed and flying.
In January 2014 one example was registered in the United States with the Federal Aviation Administration.[4]