Project Flynk

Electric air taxi system. Winner of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) graduate student design competion 2014-2015.

Student Team

Alessandro Broglia, Luca Clozza, Mattia Marcon, Dario Passi, Matteo Russo, Ciro Spada, Lorenzo Vendemini, Andrea Zuanetti (team leader)

Supervisors

Lorenzo Trainelli , Carlo E. D. Riboldi

Competition

AIAA Graduate Student Design Competition 2014-2015

Competition type

International graduate student design competition

Sponsorship

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Ranking

1st place

Description

Flynk represents a new concept for an air taxi system designed in order to revolutionize commuter transportation in large metropolitan areas. An all-electric, 4-engined, 9-passenger airplane, Flynk allows lower time to destination than land-based competitors while keeping affordable service prices.

Media

  1. De Cesco A., “L’aerotaxi del Politecnico di Milano che ha conquistato New York”, Corriere della Sera, Novembre 22, 2015 (article ).
  2. Zuanetti A., “Nel 2030 a New York si potrà prendere un aerotaxi?”, TEDx Conference, Milano, December 13, 2016 (video ).

References

  1. Broglia A., Clozza L., Russo M., Spada C., Vendemini L., Zuanetti A. G., Riboldi C. E. D., Trainelli L., "Flynk – The future all-electric commuter concept for metropolitan areas", XXIV Congresso Nazionale AIDAA, Palermo-Enna, Italy, September 18-22, 2017.

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