Lindbergh Prize for Innovation Given to e-volo

For the development, marketing and sale of the volocopter, e-volo is managed as an independent branch of industry of the Syntern Corporation (GmbH). Syntern specializes in the development of embedded software for the industry. Stephan Wolf, director and owner of Syntern GmbH, got to know the physicist Thomas Senkel in an internet forum in a discussion on quadrocopters. Thomas www.e-volo.com Senkel specializes in the development of electric drives and the construction of ultra light vehicles. Alexander Zosel, a visionary entrepreneur and inventor, was sold on the idea of rescaling the model to the size of a manned aircraft too.Together, the innovators invented and built the volocopter VC1 in a process that took over a year. For the further development of the volocopter, e-volo has compiled a network of notable partners from research and industry. The aim of the collaboration is a two-seater volocopter which complies with regulations, based on the concept study of the VC Evolution 2P.