It was a brilliant opportunity to hear from and be inspired by major European policymakers on how to encourage sustainable entrepreneurship and SMEs in Europe. We also showed the participating representatives our product portfolio of electric motor controllers, battery management systems, electronic contactors, and others. Plus, we met with interesting Czech SME technology companies.

In 2016 we participated on the prestigious trade fair of aviation industry in Friedrichshafen. We are ”’already preparing”’ our stand for this year’s event. We can tell you that it will be really worth visiting. We will inform you more about the ”’AERO 2017”’ in the following weeks. It takes place on 5-7 April.

PARTNERSHIP WITH GP GLIDERS

A very important part of 2016 was our cooperation with GP GLIDERS, thanks to which the electric glider GP 14 SE Velo took off in December.

MGM COMPRO for ByeGravity

We have cooperated with our partner on the development of complete propulsion unit including Battery Management System (BMS), Battery Accupacks and Electronic Speed Controllers (ESCs). We hope that together, we can develop products, which will soon be spotted on the sky.

Watch testing videos below!

Professional machine or sci-fi vision of the future?

The most interesting project by our partner is undoubtedly the drone called FLIKE. It can carry enormous load of 400 kg and is one of the largest tricopters in the world.

Among its top advantages belong very easy maintenance and both remote and onboard controlling systems. The main and very ambitious goal of the project FLIKE is nothing less than to change the way of transportation we know today.

Applications of ByeGravity solutions

ByeGravity develops special solutions for multicopters with carrying capacity between 50 and 400 kg. This company also offers services and consultations to other companies with similar vision. They take their functional solution and modify it for concrete projects.

One of their own systems, Failsafe Flight controller system secures safe landing of the aircraft with its 3 computer systems. Bye Gravity has also developed the system that allows drones to land safely even with one motor out of order.

Wide range of FLIKE’s use

• Border security – When it comes to daunting intruders by sole demonstration of power, size does matter. And ByeGravity drones are simply huge. They are not just there – they dominate the territory
• Search & Rescue – Drones are known to perform in the search part quite well. ByeGravity multicopters can do the rescue part too.
• First response – When every second counts, traffic jams or terrain barriers may result in impermissible delays. Paramedics, firefighters and police officers riding ByeGravity personal transportation devices are les exposed.
• Transportation – ByeGravity drones are capable of forwarding freights up to 100 kgs safely and autonomously. Payload can be deployed mid-air or after automated landing.

MGM COMPRO for ByeGravity

We have cooperated with our partner on the development of complete propulsion unit including Battery Mnagement System (BMS), Battery Accupacks and Electronic Speed Controllers (ESCs). We hope that together, we can develop products, which will soon be spotted in the sky.

Watch testing videos below!

Lower expenses and no nature devastation

Drone4Agro is a multicopter with 12 propellers, which allow it to take of vertically from the ground. Farmers don’t have to use a runway to take off with their crop duster airplanes. In contrast to spraying vehicles, drone is not using ground to transport. So there is no soil compaction. It doesn’t need wheel trails that occupy space where a plants could have grown.

The size of the drone is 3 by 2,5 meters so it doesn’t require a hangar or a large garage like planes or vehicles do. Also its maintenance is much easier. Thanks to built-in GPS navigation, crop spraying is more precise and effective.

20 minutes of air time with 150 kg load

With one fully charged battery should drone flight duration be around 20 minutes and maximal load can weigh between 100 and 150 kg. It can cary that much of a load thanks to 12 propellers. Stable and safe flight is secured even if 2 propellers stops working. In the case of more serious failure, built-in parachute will provide safe landing.

Future of industrial drones thanks to agricultural revolution

Once this Dutch start-up finishes their drone, its usage is limitless, not only in agricultural revolution. It is a question of 2 years and those drones will help firefighters to extinguish the fire in inaccessible locations. Mountain rescue service will appreciate its remote controlling and vertical start while looking for missing tourists.

MGM COMPRO and Drone4Agro partnership

MGM COMPRO believes in this vision and this is why we joined our mutual capacities to participate in the agricultural revolution.  Our main task in this project is to provide the complex technical support to Drone4Agro. We supply our partner with complete propulsion system, which includes:

• Industrial Speed Controllers HBC 140120
• Electric Motor Ret 30
• Custom built Li-Ion Battery Accupacks
• Battery Management Systems
• Industrial Balancing Battery Chargers

Do you think that the idea of agricultural drones is utopia? Watch the video from the development process and testing of Drone4Agro and take a look into the future!

Huge interest in complex propulsion systems

MGM COMPRO exhibited (like every year) in the hall dedicated to electric flying. We were excited that there was a really huge interest in this field. Our promotion materials were all gone within 2 days. This was incredible and proved a huge potential of our new products – complex electric propulsion systems for gliders, electric planes, trikes and paragliders featuring our speed controllers .
There is no doubt that these Ready to Fly“ Electric Propulsion Systems (8-33 kW) were the biggest attraction. These systems are thanks to the mounting of connectors really easy to connect and ready to fly right away. Meeting the standard IP67 (dust and water resistance – for 30 minutes in 1m depth) is undoubtedly their big advantage.

Visitors also appreciated great variability of MGM COMPRO Battery Accupacks and their BMS (Battery Management Systems). Our  electric motors (1-80kW) and chargers  of industrial battery systems attracted a lot of interest as well.

Apart from the top parameters of MGM COMPRO products, visitors also appreciated the years of experience and particularly the amount of projects from all over the world, which MGM COMPRO is involved in.

AERO FRIEDRICHSHAFEN SHOWED THAT The trend continues

Desire to get an electric propulsion system for aircrafts is rising every year – big exhibitions like this one in AERO Friedrichshafen prove such trend.

This is why MGM COMPRO goes towards the future and offers tailor-made solutions for customers both in the area of particular electronic components and complex electric propulsion systems.

Electric Flying is the future and we are proud to be part of it.

To learn more about this event, you can checkout the AERO Friedrichshafen official website.

This project is an evolution of the Cri-Cri electric plane, which was used by Airbus to test batteries and management technologies.

The E-Fan can proudly display its all-composite construction, which is 6.7 m long and has a wingspan of 9.5 m. If you look at this plane, you can’t overlook two jet engines, which are powered by 2 electric motors giving a total power of 60 kW.

The engines are powered by a series of 250 V Li-Pol batteries. They are ready to provide a range of one-hour flight and can be recharged in the same time. For a safety reasons there is also a backup battery to enable emergency landings.

MGM COMPRO industrial controllers are a part of E-FADEC energy management system, which is a crucial technology to operate the whole electrical system. This key technology automatically handles electrical systems of the aircraft.

We believe that our cooperation will help to come up with another great achievements!

Check out the video below from the first public flight of E-Fan project

Advanced care, compact dimensions

BMS-16 assures all of the functions necessary for precision battery management, which can significantly enhance and extend the lifespan of battery systems and significantly increase cost effectiveness overall.

A given in this system is independent care for every single cell, including critical diagnostics, PC-based configuration, data acquisition, real-time monitoring, logging and many other functions. The primary benefits of this system, which make it the ideal solution for a wide range of applications, include its compact dimensions and low system weight.

Potential uses of BMS-16

The system’s design and concept is suitable for use in systems where cell management must be secured during charging and discharging, as well as in systems that only require cell management during the charging cycle.

It can be hardwired in to a full range of applications (for example an electric scooter). In such cases, this system can manage batteries during charging and during use, i.e. the discharge cycle.

In other applications, such as electric paraglides, the motor’s speed controller (MGM COMPRO HBC SERIES controllers) handles battery management during discharging. In these cases this system can be deployed along with chargers purely to protect and manage batteries during the charging process.

For such applications, the BMS does not have to be hardwired in to the system; rather it can be used simply and easily when the chargers are used to charge the batteries.

Ideal complement to your applications

The best battery protection, the ability to easily integrate into a system, compact dimensions and a wide degree of universality in terms of application all make compact BMS-16 system ideal for any solution or application placing a premium on battery life, efficiency and cost effectiveness during use and operation.