Prototype
Image: Skyla / Blue Vector
Blue Vector
Skyla V30
Six-seat fully electric tilt-rotor eVTOL for intercity and urban air taxi flights. Shanghai, China.
The Skyla V30 is a six-seat, fully electric tilt-rotor eVTOL from Blue Vector, based in Shanghai, China. Eight rotors give vertical take-off and landing, then tilt for wing-borne cruise. Skyla publishes a 2,700 kg maximum take-off weight, up to 260 km range and a 320 km/h top speed, aimed at intercity travel and urban air taxi routes. The aircraft launched in Shanghai on 22 July 2026, the first full-scale prototype (A/C01) rolled out on 31 August 2026, and a scaled demonstrator has completed the full transition from hover to cruise. Blue Vector took its first overseas pre-orders in September 2026 and signed a Shaoxing assembly base the same month. Price and battery capacity are not published.
- Range
- 260 km
(varies with speed, reserves, and how the pilot flies the mission).
- Payload
- Not published
- Cruise
- Not published
(chosen by the pilot, and traded against range and endurance).
- Top speed
- 320 km/h
- Flight time
- Not published
(varies with the speed the pilot selects and the reserves kept for the mission).
- Price
- Not published
- Empty weight
- Not published
- MTOW
- 2,700 kg
- Ceiling
- Not published
- Seats
- 6 (1 pilot + 5 passengers)
- Battery / fuel
- Not published
- Size
- Not published
- Charge
- Not published
- First flight
- Not published
- Entry into service
- Not published
Full figures
- Maker
- Blue Vector (Skyla brand), Shanghai, China
- Also known as
- S-V30
- Type
- Six-seat fully electric tilt-rotor eVTOL
- Configuration
- Tilt-rotor (partial tilt), 8 rotors
- Powertrain
- Fully electric
- Seats
- 6 (1 pilot + 5 passengers)
- Range
- 260 km
- Top speed
- 320 km/h
- Cruise speed
- Not published
- Payload
- Not published
- MTOW
- 2,700 kg
- Battery
- Not published
- Price
- Not published
- Certification
- Not certified (CAAC programme status not published)
- Status
- Prototype
- Launched
- 22 Jul 2026, Shanghai
- Full-scale prototype
- A/C01 rolled out 31 Aug 2026
- Scaled demonstrator
- Full tilt-transition flight (date not confirmed)
- Sep 2026
- First overseas pre-orders; Shaoxing assembly base signed
- Official site
- https://en.skyla-aviation.com/SKYLAV30
- Sources
- https://en.skyla-aviation.com/SKYLAV30 ; https://en.skyla-aviation.com/LatestUpdates ; CAAC News (caacnews.com.cn), 23 Jul 2026
For
- Published 260 km range and 320 km/h top speed
- Six seats for intercity and urban air taxi flights
- Scaled demonstrator has completed a full tilt-transition
Against
- Price and battery capacity not published
- Not certified (CAAC programme status not published)
- Full-scale first flight date not published