After finalizing our negotiations with Stemme, I traveled to the factory where the Stemme composite parts are made.

My train was met by the owner, Andrzej Papiorek, who took me straight to his factory. Allstar PZL Glider company makes their own design sailplanes, as well as the Stemmes.Andrzej is very enthusiastic about supporting my project to build a new solar powered airplane based on the Stemme S 10.

I was planning only to mold the fuselage parts there in Poland, but Andrzej offered the use of his assembly fixtures and canopy frame molds.

Andrzej weighing a stock S 10 canopy frame.

Mine will be made from high-modulus carbon to reduce the weight.

To learn more about this glider factory, go to http://www.szd.com.pl/

A descriptive page about the S 10 is at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stemme_S10