Tencent's Hungarian entrepreneur Balazs Kerulo read a blog post claiming that it is impossible to develop a drone that can carry one person. It was inspired by this article. Krolo decided to develop a flying motorcycle.
"This is a big challenge for me," said Krolo. "We did some calculations and found that this possibility exists, so we went looking for investors. It took months and We successfully sent a man to the skies. We put the video on YouTube and viewed more than 1 million pages in a week."
Last year, the "New Europe" magazine listed 100 of the most outstanding figures in Central and Eastern Europe, Krolo was among them. A year later, the concept of flying motorcycles received financial support. He set up a research and development team to develop products.
This flying motorcycle named Flike, the machine is equipped with three rotor disks, driven by a hybrid electric engine. Once developed, the flying motorcycle can hold a person weighing no more than 100 kilograms and send him to the sky at a speed of no more than 100 kilometers per hour. He can fly for one hour and the price is about 100,000 euros (about 740,000 yuan).
“Since the advent of science fiction, personal flying has always been a human dream,†said Krolo. “Since the 1940s, we have seen personal flying devices in science fiction movies. Humans have always been expecting such products to emerge.â€
Krolo is optimistic about the UAE market, where many people have high disposable income, have the strength to buy Flike flying motorcycles, motorcycles can be put into the garage, parked next to the car. Krolo also believes that a flying motorcycle can be used for search and rescue. If an accident or disaster occurs, emergency personnel can take the motorcycle for the first time.
Krolo was 38 years old. When he was young, his dream was to become a pilot. His first job was to go to his father's company to work. This company built prefabricated houses. There is only one National Aviation Academy in Hungary. Krolo studied there and later became an aviation engineer and pilot.
Although Krolo worked at Bay Zoltan, he could not help but develop a flying motorcycle. Bay Zoltan is Hungary’s leading applied scientific research institute, which provides Krolo with start-up funding.
After the video was uploaded to YouTube, the project attracted the interest of many Hungarian private investors. With financial support, Krolo and colleagues left Bay Zoltan in August last year to establish Bye Gravity. The new company has only 4 full-time employees and more than 10 research subcontractors. Together they design Flike and the company has enough funds to develop the first prototype product. Krolo hopes that multinational VC investors can participate and let the project go to market.
According to the original plan, ByeGravity will allow users to book a flying motorcycle this year, but encountered some difficulties in testing the prototype. The flying motorcycle has three wings with rotor blades installed and driven by six engines. Bye Gravity needs to develop a computer to change the pilot's actions on the joystick into commands that the engine can execute. This process is somewhat difficult. There is another problem with R&D that is not solved: Let the aircraft stay in the air for one hour.
"The battery will run out of light after 10 minutes of flight," said Krolo. "That is why we had to install a range extender on the machine. It is actually a large-scale internal combustion engine that is connected to a generator."
The extender can charge the battery during flight. So far, the flying motorcycle can only fly for a maximum of 15 minutes. Krolo said that if a new range extender is installed, mileage will increase further.
Flight tests took place in the northeast of Hungary, close to the Slovakian border. Motorized vehicles can only fly in designated areas because they need a permit to get out of range. Operators can apply for permits from the European Aviation Safety Administration and the Federal Aviation Administration, but the process is long and it takes a lot of money. There is another way: get a private license. Electronic devices limit Ffly’s flying height to only 30 meters and will not enter the restricted air zone. The German Volocopter is also developing similar equipment. It is a prototype of a controlled helicopter. It has been approved by the German Ministry of Transport.
ByeGravity has been invited to participate in the CES exhibition in January next year, hoping to see the prototype product. Krolo promised that whether the public can accept it is a problem. When the car first appeared, the public was very scared and doubted that the first car had to be the first to open the road and tell everyone that the car was coming.
Flying motorcycles can be used in some uninhabited areas, Krolo said: "In the next 20 or 30 years, this technology will enter the city. After 40 or 50 years, it will become like today's car. It's just as common."
Source: FT
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