Build in progress · Langenthal LSPL · Switzerland
1934
Project e131 · Electric Conversion
The machine
that dares
to live on
that dares
to live on
A 90-year-old biplane. Custom-built avionics. Next gen high-density batteries. The audacity to fly it again — and the engineering to back it up.
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The airframe
Built from original plans.
Rewired for the future.
Rewired for the future.
We are building the airframe from an AirRes kit — machined in Poland from original 1934 Bücker blueprints. Every tube, every joint, every wire routed by hand. The skin is Oratex: silver, glued not stitched, non-flammable. A material as innovative as the mission itself.
AirRes · Poland
Kit manufacturer. Original 1934 Bücker blueprints. Every part machined to spec.
Oratex
Silver fabric covering. Glued, not stitched. Non-flammable. A reinvention of aircraft skin.
Amprius
High-density batteries. The power source that makes electric flight in a 90-year-old airframe possible.
Then vs now
Same cockpit.
Different century.
Different century.
The original panel — analog gauges, each a miracle of mechanical ingenuity. The new one: LIFD, a purpose-designed, ergonomically optimised avionics suite by Simon and Hugo.
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