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Flike Passenger Drone by Maform |
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FS: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?
MD: Our goal was to give shape to an extreme sports vehicle that is a cross-breed of a speed bike and a helicopter. The vehicle itself is based on the fly-by-wire flight control system developed by ByeGravity.
FS: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?
MD: The main goal was to achieve an extremely cool and futuristic look while taking into consideration all the technical and aerodynamic constraints. Our goal was to design something that is 'appalling' in a way – that takes courage to ride.
FS: What are your future plans for this award winning design?
MD: We are planning to use this as a demonstration of the technology. The vehicle itself is operational in test fields and simulations. Our client, ByeGravity is currently accepting pre-orders and support for building more prototypes.
FS: How long did it take you to design this particular concept?
MD: The bodywork design took about 3 months. The graphical user interface design took about 8 weeks.
FS: Why did you design this particular concept? Was this design commissioned or did you decide to pursuit an inspiration?
MD: This design was done on commission. The Flike project was originally a passenger drone control system development project at BAY Research Institute in Miskolc, Hungary. A team later took on the project of realising an actual drone, using this system in particular. They started off with building an operational skeleton. We were inspired by their work and offered to design the bodywork.
FS: Is your design being produced or used by another company, or do you plan to sell or lease the production rights or do you intent to produce your work yourself?
MD: Flike is still in development phase. They have an operational unmanned skeleton and a passenger test version. They plan to develop it and eventually introduce it to market in 3 years.
FS: Where there any other designs and/or designers that helped the influence the design of your work?
MD: We were inspired by speed bikes, helicopters and sci-fi concept vehicles.
FS: Which design tools did you use when you were working on this project?
MD: We used digital sketching, low-poly modelling and solid modelling in Autodesk Fusion to finish the final shell design for manufacturing.
FS: What is the most unique aspect of your design?
MD: It offers a possible solution for a totally new way of leisure and transportation. It's like riding a flying bike, or a horse. We faced lots if challenges in making this safe yet a bit insane.
FS: Who did you collaborate with for this design? Did you work with people with technical / specialized skills?
MD: We collaborated with airflow simulation engineers and aviation engineers.
FS: What is the role of technology in this particular design?
MD: The core technological improvement of Flike is the automated fly-by-wire control system. It allows the drone to translate the pilot's simple control instructions to complex flight control actions. For example: the driver can set flight altitude and tell the drone to turn, speed up or slow down. The control system then translates this to actual RPM drive information for each of the 6 rotors. But the pilot can also tell the drone to 'go home' and the Flike will fly to the departure place and land safely.
FS: Is your design influenced by data or analytical research in any way? What kind of research did you conduct for making this design?
MD: Our design was highly influenced by finite element airflow simulation data. The body generates uplift force while flying. This allows higher maximum speed and extended range.
FS: What did you learn or how did you improve yourself during the designing of this work?
MD: We learnt a lot about aerodynamics, aviation and dashboards of flying vehicles. We also learnt some about regulations and standards for airplanes and helicopters.
FS: Thank you for providing us with this opportunity to interview you.
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