Over the last nine years members of FalxAir have worked on multiple systems to aid the integration of hybrid power into the global aviation industry including fixed wing aircraft, rotary wing aircraft, airships, and unmanned air vehicles. The outcome: a range of hybrid-electric powered aircraft that the company considers outstrip performance in just about every area of competing aircraft, dubbed the “Prius of the Skies”.
Managing Director, Simon Scott, set up FalxAir in Staffordshire (England) almost ten years ago and since then has been researching, experimenting and developing the technology to the stage where it is now ready to be developed into a full-scale prototype, ready for a worldwide launch. He believes that the leading edge product is a personal transport vehicle that could, quite simply, replace the car for those with the wherewithal to acquire one and who would prefer to go in a straight line for journeys of up to 800 kilometres, in an aircraft that consumes less than 13 litres of fuel an hour.
The cost of just €105,000 ($150,000) for the Saker PTV is affordable for some ten million individuals around the world who have achieved the status of ‘high net worth individual’, and would certainly fall well within the reach of corporate shared ownership schemes.
Now, using the FalxAir proprietary platform design and control system, a full flight ready platform will be produced during the next 12 months. Introduced within the build plan will be a new hybrid power generation package being investigated by FalxAir, allowing the vehicle increased endurance with minimal fuel consumption. “We have established industrial links with the very latest battery technology, fuel cell systems and electric motor manufacturers to enable us to developed advanced aircraft designs,” explains Scott.
Although the FalxAir technology would never power anything like an Airbus 380, it could make significant inroads into the small, personal and corporate helicopter market. The Saker helicopter and other designs coming out of FalxAir make conventional helicopters look positively stone age. They greatly reduce air pollution and are also considerably less noisy; making them much more acceptable to ground-dwellers and an attractive option for military stealth applications.
Scott is already taking orders enquires for his aircraft from all over the world and is now gearing up to start manufacture with a capital raising listing on the business and investment intelligence service, Growthwire. It is also making the first moves towards building a global dealer network.
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