Doroni Achieves First Piloted Flight With Its Personal eVTOL Aircraft
Doroni founder and CEO Doron Merdinger became the first person to pilot a two-seat personal eVTOL in the U.S. on July 3, 2023, when he flew a full-scale technology demonstrator for Doroni's H1 "flying car."
Doroni Aerospace has successfully completed the first piloted flight test of its H1 personal eVTOL aircraft, the company announced Wednesday. According to Doroni, this was the first flight test of any two-seat personal eVTOL aircraft in the U.S., marking a significant milestone for what the company calls the “flying car” industry and market.
While a handful of companies developing so-called “flying cars” are focused on drive-and-fly vehicles that can also operate on roads, Doroni’s creation is simply an eVTOL aircraft with a sleek, sports car-like design. The vehicle’s propulsion system has eight electric motors driving ducted fans that are fitted in a main wing and a canard, plus a pair of small pusher propellers behind the fuselage.
