ConceptCycloTech
CruiseUp
Six CycloRotors; two-seat flying-car study
CycloTech's two-seat air car concept, presented in October 2023 as a feasibility study. Six electric CycloRotors with 360° thrust vectoring let it hover, fly sideways or backwards and brake mid-air without tilting, and CycloTech says it can still fly and land safely if one rotor fails. CycloTech lists a range of 100 km with 200 kg of payload, a top speed of 150 km/h, a flight time of 42 min and a size of 6.67 × 3.30 × 2.76 m. CruiseUp itself is a concept; CycloTech's flying hardware is the uncrewed BlackBird demonstrator, about three quarters of its size, which first flew on 27 March 2025. Battery capacity, price and any service date are not published. Not type-certified.
- Range
- 100 km
(varies with speed, reserves, and how the pilot flies the mission).
- Payload
- 200 kg
- Cruise
- Not published
(chosen by the pilot, and traded against range and endurance).
- Top speed
- 150 km/h
- Flight time
- 42 min
(varies with the speed the pilot selects and the reserves kept for the mission).
- Price
- Not published
- Seats
- 2
- Battery / fuel
- Electric (capacity not published)
- Size
- 6.67 × 3.30 × 2.76 m
- First flight
- Not published
- Entry into service
- Not published (feasibility study, 2023)
Full figures
- Seats
- 2
- Range
- 100 km
- Top speed
- 150 km/h
- Flight time
- 42 min
- Payload
- 200 kg
- Size
- 6.67 × 3.30 × 2.76 m
- Rotors
- 6 CycloRotors, 360° thrust vectoring
- Presented
- 5 Oct 2023 (air car feasibility study)
- Related demonstrator
- BlackBird, about three quarters of CruiseUp's size; maiden flight 27 Mar 2025
- Maker
- CycloTech GmbH, Linz, Austria
For
- Only CycloRotor passenger concept on this list
- Maker fact sheet with 100 km / 150 km/h / 42 min
Against
- Concept / study — not a production aircraft
- Battery capacity and price not published