Our innovative hybrid propulsion unit represents a revolution in the industry by combining cutting-edge combustion engine technology with a modern electric motor. Developed in partnership with Distar CZ a. s. and ČVUT – Department of Aerospace Engineering, we offer an innovative solution for ultralight aircraft.

The relentless evolution and innovation in the field of transportation electrification pose a daily challenge for our R&D department. Join us as we look at the development of the Hybrid Power Unit for the aviation industry.

Development and designing

At the beginning of the project, we needed to select a suitable aircraft and the most appropriate combustion engine for our application. We systematically evaluated the project’s needs and requirements and proposed the ideal type of aircraft for implementing the hybrid power unit. The second task was to select a suitable combustion engine for our application. Afterwards, we finally started with designing of hybrid propulsion unit.

3D Models and Design Work

Our teams contributed to the development of comprehensive 3D models and design work, encompassing the electric motor, battery system, combustion engine, interconnections between them, engine mounts, and cooling systems.

Analysis, Calculations, Simulations, and Testing

We conducted extensive analyses, calculations, and simulations to ensure the safety, reliability, and optimal performance of our hybrid power unit. We carried out strength tests, including tests of the engine mounts, maximum wing loads, combustion engine, and electric propulsion system, to verify their safety and reliability.

Construction of Flying Laboratory

All our research findings were ultimately transferred to successful testing in practice. Under our supervision, a completely new aircraft was created, which was converted into a flying laboratory, with which we successfully completed test flights.

Key Advantages of Hybrid Propulsion

Efficiency and Ecology: Reducing fuel consumption and emissions for more sustainable flights.

Low Operating Costs: Minimizing costs with long life and easy maintenance.

Increased Safety: Combining the reliability of a combustion engine with the clean energy of an electric motor.

Passenger Comfort: Smooth and quiet operation for an optimal travel experience.

Technical Specifications

Combustion Engine: Highly powerful, low-vibration, lightweight with minimal torsional vibrations.

Electric Motor: Modern propulsion based on BLDC / PMSM technology for optimal performance.

Battery System: Comprehensive design including integrated BMS for reliable energy supply.

We are excited about the achievements we have made so far, but our work is not done. Our goal is not only to develop new technologies but also to support further innovations and advancements in the aviation industry. Open the door to the future of aviation with our hybrid power unit.

MGM COMPRO IS A PART OF THIS FANTASTIC PROJECT with airspeeder

Our cooperation with Airspeeder is ongoing. As in every other partnership, also in this one we are trying to adapt to the customer needs and wishes. That’s why we are still in contact and discussing every „how“ and „why“ to make it simply the best it could be. In the cooperations like this it’s very important to go step-by-step and do the fine-tuning which means that during all the testing part we are in a nonstop contact and ready to help and communicate everything with the development team.

To our partner we’ve been supplying our brushless motor controllers, as well as our battery system. In our product we use advanced data logging and analysis thanks to which we have all the data in one place and if needed we are able to go through datapackage and analyse the data remotely so that the development team can take advantage of it. 

We keep our fingers crossed so that the tests will work out good and Airspeeder will be a reality at the end of this year. As always, we are really proud and happy about this cooperation, which determines the vision of the future.

To see how it looks and works, checkout the video below or learn more on the Airspeeder official website.

NUNCATS = Non Unnecessary Novelty Community Air Transport System

NUNCATS, and the “Skyjeep” project aims to provide cheap and sustainable transport to deliver doctors, teachers and medical supplies to remote communities across Africa, where roads are unreliable, but there is plenty of sunshine for recharging future aircrafts by their solar arrays. NUNCATS hopes that „Skyjeep“ will do for air transport what its namesake the original “Jeep” did for wartime road transport.

Tim and his new approach to sustainable rural transport

Tim and his team are very smart and not only is the electrified aircraft a great plan but the whole idea of solar charging technology takes it to the next level. NUNCATS has also come up with the first-ever solar aircraft charging hangar in Europe, located at Old Buckingham Airport, and there are plans to expand these hangars to locations where they will be needed.

We happily supplied our battery system which is always adjusted to the customer’s needs. Based on the customer’s requirements MGM COMPRO team can provide the optimal solution with the balance between energy density and the „C-rate“ bringing the best possible ratio of size and weight to delivered performance.

Partnership between MGM COMPRO and Breezer

For their aircraft, we supplied the whole system electric propulsion system consisting of electric motor REB90, our motor controller HBC400400 as well as our battery system to give them the best power possible. Our products helped them to electrify their model B400-6 UL. As this company claims, flying their aircraft is something very special. Although it’s a sporty aircraft, it’s maximally safe and has high-quality workmanship. Definitely, you would not be surprised, if we told you, that this aircraft is being made in Germany.

We are really proud to be part of this project and are looking forward to our continuing partnership. Looking forward to bringing you more news about the electric version. If you would like to learn more about their project, you can check out the Breezer website or Facebook page.

Airflight Team, as they like to refer themselves, are passionate dreamers & creative change-makers. We would like to add so – team of spectacular specialists.

AIrflight shows their technology provider to the world on scandinavia’s biggest industry and technology fair.

This time we had an astonishing opportunity to be part of their next project – flying crane AF200.

We received an order for electric motors, motor controllers, battery system, customized charging system, accessories – line for line everything that makes the complex electric propulsion system consisting of.  And yet at the moment, we are still working on the new BETTER system.

Airflight Flying Crane AF200 is able to lift and deliver weight up to 200 kilograms payload with high precision. That’s especially impressive considering the full weight which is „only“ 190 kilograms because 95% of the body and frame is built from carbon fiber.

This project is designed to be light and strong. The power to weight ratio is 1.54 which is, just for your imagination, over 3 times higher than Lamborghini Aventador.

CRANE AF200

SAFETY FIRST

The flying crane is able to automatically take off and land safely, allowing you to focus purely on your payload and the people around you.

Crane AF200 is fitted with a variety of sensors giving it the ability to automatically detect and avoid any obstacles in its environment. This keeps operations safe for both people and equipment.

The whole setup procedure saves you plenty of time – AF200 is ready to operate in less than 30 minutes.

Thank you for being our long-term partner, we appreciate our highly professional relationship and we are excited to see what the future brings us.

It’s more than possible that the taxi industry will make a progress and change the way of transportation. Our partner Hoversurf came up with the idea of airtaxi, which they want to be the best drone taxi in the industry.

In their project, they are particular about being safe, fast and comfortable. They want to be innovative and make a huge progress in the industry with their thought-provoking airtaxi in a sport style.

They are already testing their prototype to make this project a reality in a short time. It’s all possible, because they have such a great team of people as well as numerous experiences. Since 2016, they have already made more than 200 testing flights. They also won the Frost & Sullivan awards 2019. To see how the testing is going on, you can checkout the video below.

MGM COMPRO IS ALSO PART OF THIS FUTURISTIC PROJECT hoversurf came up with

We are really proud and enthusiastic about this project Hoversurf came up with. We are honoured to be the official supplier of electric propulsion system for their application. We provide them our electric motor and medium voltage motor controllers as well as our battery system. All of this we adapted to their requirements. As in every our cooperation, we are in a nonstop contact with the development team.

We are really happy about this cooperation and ready to fulfill our partners future needs. To learn more, you can read the article about Hoversurf and MGM COMPRO partnership. Also you can checkout Hoversurf official website to learn about every single detail of this project.

MGM COMPRO’S COOPERATION WITH CYCLOTECH

We are really happy about the cooperation with Cyclotech because we see a great potential in what they are doing as well as what they are trying to achieve in the future. MGM COMPRO is so proud to be a part of it.

All components are still in the process of developing and the project is in the scale mode process which means they are verificating the basic hypotheses, technical solutions and gradually getting to the result. MGM COMPRO delivered the technology for our partner. To be specific, we delivered them our 17kW electric propulsion system and our battery system as well.

Their idea of autonomous taxi cars flying in the air is fascinating as it will be super beneficial for highly populated areas to decrease the use of ground public transport as well as to decrease the pollution of air. Because of this idea, they’re moving the branch further and we would like to speak highly of them.

If you would like to learn more about this fascinating project, click on the Cyclotech website or checkout the video below.

WHAT’S SO COOL ABOUT ΦNIX?

• flying withou noise
• flying without emissions
• excellent flight capabilities
• modern avionics
• long flight endurance with smart charging system
• pure electric flight

THE POWER OF THIS AIRCRAFT

ΦNIX is powered by Li-Ion batteries with a total capacity of 35 kWh. The batteries are located in the aircraft wing and under the front hood of the aircraft instead of the engine. If you would like to recalculate the hourly energy consumption, the final price would be approximately 55 kč. This already makes a big difference for the end consumer compared to conventional ultralights, which burns about 10 liters of petrol in 60 minutes of flight.

 „This is a purely electric aircraft that draws energy for propulsion from batteries. This energy is utilized by a highly efficient propulsion system regulator – electric motor – propeller to drive it.” – Zdeněk Němec, the head of the entire project, explained to Forbes

We are so proud to be a part of this project and say big congratulations to Pure Flight! And if you would like to see it in the action, right below you can find the video which says it all.