“Horizon Aircraft Announces Former Lilium Propulsion Expert John Wyzykowski as New Technical Expert”

Cana­da-based Hori­zon Air­craft, a com­pa­ny devel­op­ing a hybrid-elec­tric eVTOL air­craft, recent­ly announced that for­mer Lil­i­um propul­sion expert, John Wyzykows­ki, has joined the com­pa­ny as its tech­ni­cal expert, reports a press release.

Wyzykows­ki is the lat­est in a series of new hires as Hori­zon con­tin­ues to bol­ster its engi­neer­ing team with peo­ple who have proven track records in the aero­space sec­tor. 

At Lil­i­um, he held the posi­tion of Head of Propul­sion and with decades of expe­ri­ence, Wyzykows­ki will play a key role in sup­port­ing the ongo­ing devel­op­ment of the Cavorite X7, Horizon’s “rev­o­lu­tion­ary hybrid-elec­tric eVTOL air­craft,” explains the release.

Tom Brass­ing­ton, CTO of Hori­zon, com­ment­ed, “John’s exper­tise in propul­sion sys­tems is sec­ond to none. His expe­ri­ence in both tra­di­tion­al and next-gen­er­a­tion aero­space pow­er­plants will help us push the bound­aries of hybrid-elec­tric flight.”

He con­tin­ued, “As we advance towards com­mer­cial­i­sa­tion, his con­tri­bu­tions will be invalu­able in ensur­ing that the Cavorite X7 deliv­ers the best pos­si­ble com­bi­na­tion of effi­cien­cy, per­for­mance and reli­a­bil­i­ty.”

Hori­zon Cavorite X7 Inte­ri­or

The release con­tin­ues, “Wyzykowski’s exten­sive back­ground includes work on gas tur­bine and ful­ly elec­tric propul­sion archi­tec­tures, with a deep under­stand­ing of the unique chal­lenges asso­ci­at­ed with eVTOL appli­ca­tions, includ­ing pow­er den­si­ty, ther­mal man­age­ment, and sys­tem redun­dan­cy. His insights will be instru­men­tal as Hori­zon Air­craft con­tin­ues its rig­or­ous test­ing and refine­ment of the Cavorite X7’s propul­sion sys­tem.”

Wyzykows­ki remarked,The Cavorite X7 is one of the most excit­ing eVTOL plat­forms in devel­op­ment today, offer­ing a tru­ly inno­v­a­tive hybrid-elec­tric propul­sion sys­tem that bal­ances pow­er, range and oper­a­tional flex­i­bil­i­ty. I look for­ward to con­tribut­ing my exper­tise to help bring this ground­break­ing Cana­di­an air­craft to mar­ket.”

Unlike many in its cat­e­go­ry, the Cavorite X7 is being designed with a hybrid elec­tric pow­er sys­tem. Hori­zon is design­ing the X7 so that after its ver­ti­cal take­off, the air­craft can re-charge the bat­ter­ies en-route as it flies in a con­fig­u­ra­tion sim­i­lar to a tra­di­tion­al plane. After com­plet­ing a jour­ney and its ver­ti­cal land­ing, the com­pa­ny is design­ing the X7 to recharge the bat­ter­ies in less than 30 min­utes, so as to be ready for the next mis­sion.

Hori­zon believes that this inno­v­a­tive tech­nol­o­gy allows the Cavorite to fly 98 per­cent of its flight as a tra­di­tion­al craft. And by being “a nor­mal air­craft” this makes it safer and there­fore eas­i­er to cer­ti­fy than oth­er “rad­i­cal new eVTOL designs.” 

Mean­while, Hori­zon con­tin­ues the test­ing of its 50 per­cent-scale X7, to erad­i­cate any tech­ni­cal risks before mov­ing on to a full-scale air­craft.

For more infor­ma­tion

www.horizonaircraft.com

(Images: Hori­zon Air­craft)

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