Project Flynk

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 ↗

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.

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 ↗).

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.