Our technology

The flight concept of the h-aero family combines innovative findings in flight dynamics with extremely lightweight construction. There are no smaller LTA-UAV aircraft in the world than the h-aeros, with comparable agility of flight behaviour and comparable payload capacity for a wide variety of payloads. The result is an innovative aircraft with maximum versatility.

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Flies around the clock, if you want.

In contrast to conventional flight concepts (multicopter, aircraft and mixed concepts), which generate their lift purely dynamically, h-aero® additionally uses the static lift provided by an elliptical helium balloon. This makes h-aero® as energy efficient as zeppelins and balloons, but with significantly increased agility. Thanks to the capability of VTOL (Vertical Take-Off and Landing), an infrastructure in the form of a runway is not required. Thanks to the use of solar energy as a renewable energy source, the autonomous 24-hour non-stop flight is on the list of technical milestones.

The principle behind h-aero®

  • Vertical take-off and landing (VTOL)
  • Cruising flight aligned like an aeroplane
  • High aerodynamic shape
  • High safety through parachute
  • Ultralight, pluggable carbon fibre structure
  • Film with high helium density
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Dynamic, like a frisbee, enduring like a balloon.

Two wings with a fully symmetrical wing profile are attached to the side of the rotationally symmetrical lenticular envelope. This allows h-aero® to adopt both a rotationally symmetrical (helicopter) and a mirror-symmetrical (aeroplane) configuration. The special, extremely gas-tight envelope (approx. 5% helium loss after 5 weeks) is filled with helium and provides additional static lift. It also offers enough surface area for solar cells and is similarly aerodynamic to a Frisbee. In the short term, the UAV market is to be served with a payload of up to 10 kg. In the medium and long term, larger-scale versions should allow manned flight and autonomous altitude communication platforms.

Patent protected

All innovative features of the invention are patented (DE102006028885A1 and PCT EP2017/063221). A word and picture trademark for the company's first product line called "h-aero®" has also been protected.