Horizon Flies Fan-In-Wing eVTOL Demonstrator

A half-scale model of the five-seat Cavorite X5 has completed initial tethered hover tests.

Credit: Horizon Aircraft
Canadian startup Horizon Aircraft has completed initial tethered hover tests of a half-scale demonstrator of its planned Cavorite X5 hybrid-electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft (eVTOL). The design has 12 electric lift fans embedded in the wing and four in the canard foreplane. For vertical...
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