FTC Global is consulting and developing rotorcraft re inventions and development since 2008, mostly surrounding Marenco, Martin Stucki’s Engineering Corporation.
Track Records: Formerly Marenco Swisshelicopter AG (MSH), led by Martin Stucki, the sole designer who prototyped and tested, supply chain proven, of a modern SH09 2.5-ton Class Helicopter, MSH First Trench of VC is $77M (2011~2025), dedicated to MSH’s first prototypes and promotion. It is later acquired by Leonardo Group (2018-2021). HS09 became AW09 in 2022, holds a set of record-high performances and functions, (130 pre-sales by 2025, unit priced $4M). SH09 is the ever only case of a startup helicopter design that was successfully acquired by a Big-5 of the world and becoming its mainstream product (Leonardo AW09).
New Venture In 2022, Marenco Aviation GmbH announced its new invention of the world first Hybrid-power 3.5-ton Class helicopter (M12/M22), a pair of single-engine and twin-engine types. The next-gen new-energy rotorcraft fills the gap between two market sectors: steady-growth conventional-fuel helicopters (for GA, General Aviation, market size $55B, annual growth 6.1%) and trendy Transformative Rotorcraft (for UAM, Urban Aerial Mobility, market size $23.5B, annual growth 31.2%). The Hybrid-power drivetrain offers a solution integrating battery-bank for serial power coupling and buffering, the use electric motor direct-drive. It delivers high-torque overload-lift, enables safety redundancy and emits lower CO with low-noise. Hybrid-power answers Li-ion type of battery’s power-density limitation, providing a sustainable green-power solution.
Stucki’s serial-couple hybrid solution opens for options to utilize various new power sources (disruptive upgrades of Li-Ion, hydrogen fuel cells or hydrogen-fuel engine, and so on) without structural and drivetrain changes. This is practically a new market sector between General Aviation (GA) and Urban Aerial Mobility (UAM), retrofit and forward-fit toward total Green.
The Hybrid Helicopter venture is progressively invested and capitalized, to complete the 8-years project. From previous SH09 development, legacy knowhow and supply chains are utilized, saving time and efforts. The second type (M22 for twin-turbine) uses 70% designs and parts of M12 (single-turbine) due to meticulously disciplined system engineering. Through the aircraft’s product develop, the timing is dominated by FAA/EASA type certificate procedures. Based on a x3-revenue, its valuation toward the end of investment period is $715M, then ramp up with recurrent revenues of doubled annual growths.
Engineering Capability: Martin Stucki owns and operates a swiss-brand Marenco AG (since 1997, the Martin Engineering Corporation), and a Linth Air Service AG (since 2000). He has been hands-on mastering rich system design capacities and knowhow. In research and invention, Stucki is the inventor of 30+ patents for SH09 designs, a great added-value IP asset along with the Type Design, for its venture capitalist. His proven engineering achievement includes wide range of industrial product developments, especially military vehicles and helicopters. Stucki initiated 2IN1 Swiss Manufacturing Network, which certified and supplied SH09 helicopter involving 10,000+ parts, components and assemblies (only except engine and avionics).
One of Marenco’s unique valuable added-capacity is in-house composite manufacture process for airframe made up 100% composite of the SH09, that meets F1 Racing Car safety standards (crash impact and fire proof). The variety of materials and thermal-set process including high-strength rotor blades which would be otherwise a difficult capacity. In conventional mechanical component designs, test benches and manufacture, such as transmission, rotor head, shrouded tail rotor, etc. Stucki’s approaches and achievement offers high concept of simplicity of sophistication.
Linth Air Service AG operates Mollis Airfield (LSZM) and its on-site facilities, which is a certified helicopter service provider and aviation trainer. The facility houses assembly line, along with a design house of 100+ capacity, proven by SH09’s development, ready for major helicopter design and engineering projects.