Spot the friction
Start with a genuine problem rather than inventing features for the sake of it.
Real problems • Practical software • Built to be useful
Nexus Aero turns hands-on problems into simple digital tools — from ballooning and events to business workflows, learning and new ideas tested in the real world.
How we work
We create practical digital tools around real problems, then refine them through use, feedback and experience.
Start with a genuine problem rather than inventing features for the sake of it.
Use the skills and technology already available to turn the problem into something useful.
Put it in front of real users, learn what works, then improve or move on.
Spot the problem. Build the useful answer. Test it in the real world.
Bristol 2026 • live proof
Visitors wanted to know whether the balloons were likely to fly and where they might go. We used existing Nexus ballooning technology to give them a simple public answer.
The useful information came first. The reach followed because people wanted the answer.
See the Bristol case studyThe Nexus Aero ecosystem
Fiesta, Flyability, FlightFlow, Drift, Tether, the Masonic Ritual Reader and our wider software are all Nexus Aero projects — each built to solve a clear problem and deliver a useful result.
Give the public a clear answer to the two questions they actually ask at a balloon fiesta: are the balloons likely to fly, and where might they go?
2026 record • 47 correct calls from 48 launch sessions • 97.9% accuracy
Open Fiesta page Read the Bristol case study
Spot promising flying opportunities earlier, so pilots can plan ahead instead of repeatedly checking forecasts.
Installable app for PC, Android and iPhone/iPad
Open page Become a tester
Bring flight planning, weather, drift, tracking and records into one connected balloon-operator workflow.
Open page Become a tester
Help tether pilots and event teams judge conditions for tethers, night glows and displays with clearer operational awareness.
Open page Launch app
See how winds change with height and where a balloon is likely to travel before launch.
Browser or installable app
Open page Launch app
Recruit genuine testers and collect useful feedback without managing the process across scattered messages.
Free developer testing tool
Open page Download
Create, price, save and share professional PDF quotes from one simple app.
Installable app package
Open page Download
Keep enquiries, passengers, flying slots, pilots, fleet and records connected in one balloon-operator workflow.
Open page Become a tester
Practical quoting, customer information and workflow support for fencing businesses.
Open page Become a tester
Personal portfolio tracking, data handling, dashboards and reporting.
Open page Become a tester
Purpose-built ritual learning with offline reading, role highlighting, practice tools and spoken ritual to make rehearsal easier wherever you are.
Reader live • first real-world tester cohort underway
Visit Masonic Ritual ↗ Project background
A personalised illustrated ballooning keepsake built around the customer’s own balloon.
Open page Create a BookPractical AI lessons and workflows drawn from real project experience.
Open page Become a testerLong-term research, concept development and experimental Nexus ideas.
Open page Become a tester