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Horizon Aircraft's Cavorite X5 eVTOL Technology Demonstrator Begins Wind Tunnel Testing
Newly released video from Horizon Aircraft shows the company’s half-scale Cavorite X5 eVTOL technology demonstrator conducting its first transition flight tests at the ACE Climatic Wind Tunnel in Oshawa, Ontario.
Horizon Aircraft's half-scale prototype is pictured in the wind tunnel.
Horizon Aircraft's half-scale prototype has begun transition flight testing at the ACE Climatic Wind Tunnel in Ontario. (Photo: Horizon Aircraft)

Newly released video from Horizon Aircraft shows the company’s half-scale Cavorite X5 eVTOL technology demonstrator conducting its first transition flight tests at the ACE Climatic Wind Tunnel in Oshawa, Ontario. 

“After several months of successful hover flight testing, this marks the exciting beginning of our transition flight test program,” Horizon Aircraft announced on Twitter. During a transition flight, the aircraft transitions from hovering with vertical lift to forward flight using wing-borne lift. The Cavorite X5 features a patented fan-in-wing vertical lift system with 16 ducted fans built into the wing and canard.