HIKO - Sailplane

HIKO, the glider that follows you during your hikes

Hiko is a sailplane that fits in a 60x30cm box, which fits in a hiking backpack.

It is build with carbon fibers. His wings are in four parts, its fuselage in two!

See it in 3D !

CAD Design

Get and discover the Cad files and watch some of the screenshots i took while creating it

CFD: Fluid dynamics optimization

See how HIKO's shape was designed with the help of FloEFD

Building the molds

from CAD to CNC cut, see how we made the molds

Carbon fiber construction

Laying up the wings, the fuselage and adding the commands

2009-2020

How it started

I Hike a lot with my family or friends. At every single summit, the wind was perfect, and I always regretted not having carried a plane
September 2020

Formation on Catia V5

I learned on Youtube how to use this CAD software with a 30 hour long tutorial, absolutely necessary for my project
November 2020

A financement is found

The school i study in: ISAE - SUPAERO agreed to finance this project
December 2020

Finishing the CAD files

The glider has been optimized with FloEFD, the 3D files of the molds are ready to be cut with the CNC
Feb-March 2021

Cutting the molds and polishing

Extruded from MDF
March-May 2021

laying up

Laying up by hand of the composite surfaces
May-June 2021

Assembling the pieces

Assembling every part together, glueing and polishing
Some flight
videos
coming soon !