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Horizon Aircraft Achieves First Hover Tests of Cavorite X5 eVTOL Prototype
The Canadian start-up has successfully completed the first hover tests of its half-scale Cavorite X5 eVTOL prototype.
Horizon Aircraft's Cavorite X5 eVTOL aircraft prototype is pictured hovering above the ground during a hover flight test.
Horizon Aircraft's Cavorite X5 eVTOL aircraft prototype is pictured during a hover flight test. (Photo: Horizon Aircraft)

Horizon Aircraft says it has successfully conducted the first hover flight tests with a half-scale Cavorite X5 eVTOL prototype. 

The Canadian start-up is developing a fixed-wing eVTOL aircraft with a highly efficient, hybrid-electric power system. The aircraft will seat four passengers plus one pilot and is intended for air taxi rides, cargo transport, disaster relief, and emergency medical services. It features a patented fan-in-wing vertical lift system with 16 ducted fans built into the wing and canard.