Hello! I am Leonid Volkov and i will tell you the story of invention!

When I was working as a full-time instructor in a wind tunnel, one day, I was sitting in the control room, managing an athlete’s flight. It’s a rather monotonous task: you sit, watch the flight chamber, control the wind speed for bodyflyers, and usually feel bored. At that moment, I was probably daydreaming and looking around when I suddenly noticed something interesting.

One of the athletes, who was waiting for his turn to fly, was warming up in the wind tunnel hall. He was spreading his arms apart while holding resistance bands. And then, an image instantly formed in my mind: what if you position such a band vertically, attach it to the ceiling, and place a part of your body into a sleeve? If you then move your arm downward, you would feel resistance, similar to how the airflow in a wind tunnel pushes your body upward.

From that moment on, I began thinking about how to turn this idea into a real training device. Thus, in 2015, the concept of Bodyflying Machines was born.

The years 2015 and 2016 were filled with competitions, travels, and performances, so I spent that time developing my ideas in my mind. In 2017 - i conducted experiments right in my room. Essentially, I built a small wooden frame out of sticks I bought at the nearest hardware store. I even had to move my bed to the side to make space. I needed to experience the initial interaction with the setup, to feel how it could work - also modified one of my flight suits specifically so that I could suspend myself using resistance bands.

After trying it out and liking the idea, I realized that I needed to move forward. Below is a list of key events that occurred in the following years, as well as the people and companies that supported me on this journey.

Thanks to Laszlo L. Laki (bodyflyer and skydiver), he sponsored my project and i rented a flat in a city for the first bodyflying machines laboratory and bought all the necessary equipment for the research and find 3 persons who will help me to build a construction and do experiments. Mr. Laszlo also negotiated with Intrudair about sewing special suit, which we used later.

For new experiments, we needed more space. Therefore, an open-air plot of land became an almost ideal solution to this issue. We thank the Feith family (bodyflyers and skydivers) for helping our team! We bought a lot of new materials and tools to construct various structures for research.

The Flystation windtunnel provided a room for the research, and Tunnel Technology company (Windtunnels manufacture) - built a structure with the help of which we carried out the experiments. Concequently, these results and all the previously acquired knowledge made the first professional model #1 appear. Later, TT helped to obtain a patent for the invention.

Our new laboratory located in a Budapest - we continue to explore the subject ! We thank the Feith family (bodyflyers and skydivers) for helping my ideas again! And soon will be ready a model which anyone can training on it!

Great news! Alex Tul (Bodyflyer and Skydiver) - the first owner of a new bodyflying machine - model "Cube". Now anyone can come and start training on it. This is a game - changer for bodyflying - real progress, real training and results. The future of "floor bodyflying" starts here! Text us if you wanna come to try or training - contacts!