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Bellwether has begun flight-testing its stunning Volar eVTOL flying supercar design at half scale, but the video appears to confirm our fears: all style with little substance, it appears to be a wobbly quadcopter drone with a flashy bodykit.Continue Re… Continue reading Bellwether releases profoundly uninspiring eVTOL test-flight footage
In addition to military applications, Gravity Industries believes jet suits hold potential for search and rescue missions in harsh terrain. Having already carried out flights of its Jet Suit in separate rescue and military demonstrations, the UK compan… Continue reading Gravity Industries Jet Suit takes part in NATO mountain rescue exercise
Horizon Aeronautics is prototyping an eVTOL hovercycle concept that uses a complex and interesting split-swashplate “Blainjett” variable pitch rotor system that only exposes half of each fan. Very odd, but Horizon says it’s highly efficient.Continue Re… Continue reading Horizon’s eVTOL hoverbike debuts fascinating hemispheric rotors
Zeva is deadly serious about bringing this tail-sitting eVTOL flying saucer to market as a one-person air taxi, and if you can get over the idea of soaring above the city head-first, face-down and Superman-style, it’s got some interesting advantages.Co… Continue reading Zeva’s 160-mph electric UFO: An air taxi experience like no other
If anyone can think of a more perfect name for a personal eVTOL, we’re listening! Sweden’s Jetson Aero has already sold out the 2022 production run of this cute little single-seat kit build, which is capable of zooming along at 63 mph (102 km/h).Contin… Continue reading Jetson One personal eVTOL looks like a ton of fun to fly
“Fun” and “playful” are just about the last things most eVTOL companies want to be seen as; air taxis will need to be exceptionally boring in order to inspire public confidence and quick uptake. But there’s another class of eVTOL starting to pop up her… Continue reading Air targets mass production and fun with its One personal eVTOL
Japan’s Tetra Aviation plans to start delivering single-seat electric VTOL lift and cruise aircraft to customers by the end of 2022, and it has now released video footage of its Mk-5 aircraft making test flights in California.Continue ReadingCategory: … Continue reading Tetra demonstrates its buy ‘n’ fly single-seat eVTOL in California
California’s JetPack Aviation (JPA) has been building and flying some of the world’s first genuine long-endurance jetpacks for many years now, but while founder, CEO and chief pilot David Mayman has been having most of the fun (and taking a lot of the … Continue reading JetPack Aviation makes first jetpack sales to unnamed military
Japan’s Tetra Aviation won a hundred-grand “disruptor award” at the GoFly personal flight contest last year, and has now presented its first commercial product at OshKosh: a 33-rotor Mk5 personal eVTOL it hopes to begin delivering to buyers in 2022.Con… Continue reading Tetra Aviation debuts single-seat buy ‘n’ fly personal eVTOL
After spending 18 months building an entirely new form of flight control software, California’s Jetpack Aviation has completed flight testing on its first prototype of the Speeder, a jet turbine-powered flying motorcycle. Top speeds on the final versio… Continue reading Jetpack Aviation’s flying motorcycle prototype aces first tests