Rotorcraft
Stucki Floats Hybrid Helicopter Design
The founder of Marenco Swisscopter is back and looking for investors.
Marenco is floating a hybrid-electric helicopter here in Dallas. The design includes a 1,000-shp turbine generator, electric motor-driven main and tail rotors, and backup battery pack. Photo: Mariano Rosales
Marenco is floating a hybrid-electric helicopter here in Dallas. The design includes a 1,000-shp turbine generator, electric motor-driven main and tail rotors, and backup battery pack. Photo: Mariano Rosales

Martin Stucki—the founder of Marenco Swisscopter and the creator of the SH09 helicopter—is back with a new hybrid-electric helicopter concept and looking for investors. Swisscopter is now the Kopter division of Leonardo and the helicopter that he first envisioned there, announced in 2011, remains under development as the rebadged AW09. Since leaving Swisscopter in 2016, Stucki has focused on operating his engineering company, Marenco AG (Booth 7411), which he founded in 1997.


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