The small combustion engine runs in the optimum range, reducing CO2 emissions by 50%.
Electric motors are not only emission-free, light and powerful, but also extremely reliable.
The electric drive is more efficient and easier to maintain, so that the operating costs are 50% lower.
Smartflyer is a proof-of-concept of an electrically driven aircraft for General Aviation to transport 4 persons. Flying in the smartflyer will be very comfortable with an extremely low noise level in the cabin. There will be no need to wear headsets for a normal conversation in the cabin.
Today’s battery capacities are not good enough for extended flights. A range extender, which is an internal combustion engine who drives a generator charges the batteries during cruise. The smartflyer will have a range of more than 400 NM (750 km).
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Aviation is on the threshold of a new era. Until today, combustion and jet engines have dominated as propulsion systems. In the future, electric motors will be used in certain areas of aviation. Electric motors are not only emission-free, light and powerful, but also extremely reliable due to their simple design.
The storage of electrical energy is not yet powerful enough to perform longer flights. We are still dependent on fossil fuels. The combination of electric motor and energy generation from combustion engine in a hybrid-electric powertrain is optimally implemented in the smartflyer. In the serial hybrid powertrain, there is no mechanical connection from the combustion engine to the propeller. The range extender module in the aircraft nose can simply be replaced by other energy sources. The unique aircraft concept of smartflyer allows the change from battery powered to range extender within 15 minutes, without special knowledge.
A small team of professionals is working on the project with a lot of enthusiasm and ambition.
smartflyer ltd. develops an electric aircraft with range extender. The prototype will take to the air for the first time in 2025 and will be operated purely electrically in the airport area. This will massively reduce noise emissions. In cruising flight, a range extender helps to achieve a range of 800 km. The small combustion engine runs in the optimum range, reducing CO2 emissions by 50%. The company smartflyer ltd. was founded in April 2016 with the target to build electric aircraft.