Horizon is testing a prototype mini-plane. It will fly at 450 km/h

Horizon Aircraft is testing a prototype aircraft that is half the size of the original model. Last year

The company's founder, Brandon Robinson, said that testing of Cavorite X5 will be completed by the end of August. However, the testing dates had to be postponed.

Cavorite X5 is an air taxi designeVTOL (electric vertical take-off and landing), an electric aircraft with a vertical take-off and landing system. Essentially, it is a type of VTOL (vertical take-off and landing aircraft) that runs on electricity.

Photo: Horizon Aircraft

Thanks to the low frontal designWith resistance and enclosed lift fans, the full-size Cavorite X5 will carry four passengers and a pilot at a speed of 450 km/h. This is one of the fastest air taxi projects. The Cavorite X5's hybrid gas-electric powertrain provides an impressive range of up to 500 km (and this does not include emergency energy reserve).

Photo: Horizon Aircraft

That being said, the 10 ducted fans are quite small in diameter, so they will spin quickly and consume a lot of power when hovering.

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On the cover: Brandon Robinson next to the Cavorite X5 prototype, photo by Horizon Aircraft