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Arizona’s Rotor X wants to step up from being the world’s biggest kit helicopter manufacturer and get into the eVTOL game, and to do so, it’s put forth a design it claims is “dramatically more efficient and less expensive than all other eVTOL concepts … Continue reading Rotor X’s big-blade quad-rotor eVTOL promises extreme efficiency
Montreal’s Alexandru Duru first flew his electric multirotor hoverboard back in 2015, and quickly set a Guinness World Record for distance. Now this levitating madman is working to commercialize it for sale, while performing stunt shows on the side.Con… Continue reading Omni Hoverboard takes a super-simple approach to personal flight
A green alternative to the humble kerosene-burning jetpack? Recently released video shows an Australian man rising high off the ground using a two-rotor electric personal flight device he calls the Copterpack. It’s bulky, but looks surprisingly stable … Continue reading Aussie electric Copterpack makes sensational first manned flight
We first heard of Alauda’s plans for a flying electric racing vehicle series in late 2017, when the Australian startup’s Matt Pearson launched a Kickstarter to gauge interest and raise funds. The team announced its international public debut in mid-201… Continue reading Alauda unveils full-sized Airspeeder Mk3 electric flying race car
A feasibility study modeled on Volocopter’s VoloCity multirotor electric air taxi has concluded that electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft would benefit emergency air rescue services. Now the project is looking to begin operational testing in… Continue reading Volocopter’s air taxi to take part in air rescue field testing
Larry Page and Sebastian Thrun’s personal flying carpet project has been grounded, as the Kitty Hawk company turns its attention to a larger, faster, longer range aircraft with better commercial potential in the emerging eVTOL air taxi market.Continue … Continue reading Kitty Hawk shuts down its Flyer eVTOL program
When we first saw the Hoversurf Scorpion flying motorcycle, we thought it was “just the vehicle for aspiring amputees.” Four exposed propellers spinning dangerously close to the rider’s limbs made us cringe, and we wondered how much would be left of th… Continue reading Video: Russian hoverbike loses control at 100 ft and crashes in Dubai
Of all the many eVTOL personal flight machines we’ve seen lately, this one’s caused the most discussion in the now-virtual New Atlas office. The work of a young Canadian company, the Atlas is a 4-rotor manned multicopter design, in which all four of it… Continue reading The Watfly Atlas eVTOL: What, that flies?
Japan’s fledgeling eVTOL sector appears to be led by a company called Cartivator, started as a side project by a group of Toyota employees and indeed funded by Toyota to the tune of 40 million yen, or US$354,000. The group was responsible for NEC’s wob… Continue reading SkyDrive claims Japan’s first manned multirotor flight
The final fly-off in Boeing’s US$2 million-dollar GoFly personal flight contest was postponed yesterday due to high winds, but one Japanese team still went home with a substantial check to put towards further research and development.Continue ReadingCa… Continue reading GoFly is a NoFly, but Japan’s Tetra 3 wins $100k Disruptor award