Yesterday we built the second Orlik fuselage. We’ll take it out of the mould tomorrow (we usually let it cure for around 48 hours). While waiting for the fuselage to cure I’ve assembled the landing gear and started preparing the electronics for the fuselage.

The landing gear will be very similar to the one we built for the Urupema, two glass boards held by aluminium rods, a 100m wheel, hinge up front and suspension with rubber bands at the rear. Georg arranged for one of his contacts to cut the 3mm glass board on his CNC milling machine.

As for the electronics in the fuselage, we’ll be using the usual components: an MKS HV6130H Servo for the elevator and a Chocomotion/Fox 12/9.5 for the rudder and towhook. The rudder will be operated using our usual pull-pull system with a kevlar wire. The towhook is the well tested self-built version. I’ve also prepared the plate and screw for the bungee hook, also standard equipment on all our gliders (we launch our larger gliders using a bungee system on our airfield).