Ali Abbas Kapadia

HORYZN is a student initiative consisting of 58 Bachelor, Master and PhD students of the TU Munich. The team is conceptualizing, designing and building eVTOL (electrical Vertical Take-Off and Landing) UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) for real-life use cases. Recruiting: https://horyzn.org/recruiting/ 💡𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗧 HORYZN was founded in 2019, with students contributing to our different subteams: Flight Testing & Control, CAD, Integration & Design Loop, Structure and Business. The student initiative has also become part of the NEXT Prototypes e.V. HORYZN is particularly proud of the internationality of the team - over 20 countries are represented. 💭𝗠𝗢𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 HORYZN mainly wants to solve real-life problems with good purpose by applying theoretical knowledge gained in university. Besides that, the initiative strives for an increased social and political acceptance of UAVs. ✅𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗔𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗘𝗦 In July 2024, we finished our latest project: Our UAV KOLIBRI, developed for delivering life-saving defibrillators, successfully took off after 12 months of testing, building, crashing and redesigning. 🛠𝗖𝗨𝗥𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗝𝗘𝗖𝗧 Right now, the new team of HORYZN is developing an autonomous life-saving passenger drone to compete in the GoAERO Prize, redefining the field of Advanced Air Medical Mobility. Contact us for more details!