Flight testingImage: TransFuture Aviation
Not type-certified. CAAC type certification application accepted 9 Sep 2025Tilt-rotor
TransFuture Aviation
Honghu Mark1
Full tilt-rotor. Changsha, China. Flight testing.
TransFuture Aviation's Honghu Mark1 is a five-seat, full tilt-rotor eVTOL developed with Northwestern Polytechnical University. Its engineering prototype completed tilt-transition flight in 2025, which the company says makes it the second in the world to do so after Joby. The pre-production prototype made its public debut at the 2026 Inclusion·Bund Conference in Shanghai.
- Range
- Not published
(varies with speed, reserves, and how the pilot flies the mission).
- Payload
- 450 kg
- Cruise
- 320 km/h (max cruise, maker claim)
(chosen by the pilot, and traded against range and endurance).
- Top speed
- Not published
- Flight time
- 60 min
(varies with the speed the pilot selects and the reserves kept for the mission).
- Price
- Not published
- Empty weight
- Not published
- MTOW
- 2,500 kg
- Ceiling
- Not published
- Seats
- 5 (up to 6)
- Battery / fuel
- All-electric (capacity not published)
- Size
- 11.8 m wingspan
- Charge
- Not published
- First flight
- Not published
- Entry into service
- Not published
Full figures
- Maker
- TransFuture Aviation (华羽先翔 / Huayu Xianxiang), Changsha, China. R&D centre in Xi'an. Developed with Northwestern Polytechnical University
- Country
- China
- Type
- Full tilt-rotor
- Stage
- Flight testing. Pre-production prototype shown Sep 2026
- Seats
- 5 (maker site: up to 6)
- Range
- Not published
- Payload
- 450 kg
- Cruise
- 320 km/h (max cruise, maker claim)
- Top speed
- Not published
- Flight time
- 60 min
- Price
- Not published
- Battery
- All-electric (capacity not published)
- Empty weight
- Not published
- MTOW
- 2,500 kg
- Size
- 11.8 m wingspan
- Ceiling
- Not published
- Charge
- Not published
- Parachute
- Not published
- Certification
- Not type-certified. CAAC type certification application accepted 9 Sep 2025
- Official site
- https://www.transfutureaviation.com/en/
- Sources
- https://www.transfutureaviation.com/h-col-104.html ; https://www.transfutureaviation.com/sys-nd/57.html ; http://www.caacnews.com.cn/1/202609/t20260909_1397168.html ; http://subsites.chinadaily.com.cn/education/2026-10/15/c_1219243.htm
For
- Engineering prototype completed a tilt-transition flight in 2025
- Pre-production prototype shown in September 2026
- CAAC accepted the type-certificate application on 9 Sep 2025
- Published payload 450 kg, max cruise 320 km/h, 60 min and 2,500 kg MTOW
Against
- Not type-certified
- Range, price, top speed and battery capacity are not published
- The 320 km/h figure is a maker claim for max cruise