Grant puts Flux Aviation on runway towards net zero aviation
Start-up Flux Aviation has been awarded funding to help fulfil its long-term goal of decarbonising the UK’s regional and domestic flights with ultra high-performance electric motors and batteries.
As joint recipient of a £10,000 Under 30s grant from manufacturing specialist Get It Made, the funding has enabled the Midlands-based business to accelerate its transition towards prototype testing.
Company co-founder and CEO Radovan Gallo explained that its FLUX-75 electric propulsion system is being developed to be a ‘direct bolt-on replacement’ for the Rotax 912 engine common to small aircraft.
“It is split into two major components – the firewall forward package that replaces the combustion engine and a modular battery pack that replaces fuel tanks,” he said. “The installation process is relatively straightforward, but it is easiest to do for newly built aircraft as they are being assembled.”
Gallo continued: “That is where we see most of our demand and customer interest coming from, light aircraft manufacturers looking to offer an electric variant of their existing aircraft types.”
Gallo added that Flux Aviation will focus next on aftermarket retrofits of aircraft that are already flying.
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