Flight testingTCab Tech
E20
Vectored thrust; six rotors (4 tilt + 2 lift)
TCab Tech's E20 (TCab means "time taxi") is a fully electric tilt-rotor eVTOL for one pilot and four passengers. TCab lists a 450 kg payload, 200 km maximum range and 320 km/h maximum speed, plus 800 V charging from 20% to 85% in 20 minutes. It has six rotors: four tilt and two lift rotors lock in cruise. They are driven by Safran ENGINeUS 100 motors, which EASA type-certified in January 2025. Redundancy includes four flight control computers, four battery packs and ten control surfaces. TCab announced the uncrewed first flight at Hengdian on 26 Oct 2023, a first manned flight on 17 Oct 2025 and completed transition tests on 3 Dec 2025. The first CAAC Type Certificate Team meeting was held on 10 Dec 2024. TCab aims for a type certificate and first deliveries in 2027; a 2025 certification target set in 2022 slipped. MTOW, empty weight and battery kWh are not published. Memoranda and orders are intent, not deliveries. Not for private sale.
- Range
- 200 km
(varies with speed, reserves, and how the pilot flies the mission).
- Payload
- 450 kg
- Cruise
- 320 km/h (max cruising speed, maker claim)
(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
- Seats
- 4 + pilot
- Battery / fuel
- Battery-electric, 4 packs, Cell-to-Wing (kWh not published)
- Charge
- 20 min (20% to 85%)
- First flight
- First flight (uncrewed) announced 26 Oct 2023, Hengdian; first manned flight announced 17 Oct 2025
- Entry into service
- Type certificate and first deliveries targeted 2027 (TCab target)
Full figures
- Seats
- 1 pilot + 4 passengers
- Payload
- 450 kg
- Range
- 200 km (maximum)
- Maximum speed
- 320 km/h
- Max cruising speed
- 320 km/h (TCab first-flight release); 2022 design target was 260 km/h cruise (Safran)
- Rotors
- 6 (4 tilting, 2 lift rotors locked in cruise)
- Motors
- six Safran ENGINeUS 100 (EASA type-certified 24 Jan 2025)
- Charge
- 800 V; 20 min from 20% to 85%
- Redundancy
- 4 flight control computers, 4 battery packs, 10 control surfaces
- Airframe
- T800 carbon fibre; wheeled landing gear
- First flight
- uncrewed, announced 26 Oct 2023, Hengdian General Airport
- Manned
- first manned flight test announced 17 Oct 2025
- Transition
- transition flight tests completed, announced 3 Dec 2025
- Certification
- first CAAC TCT meeting 10 Dec 2024; TC targeted 2027 (TCab target)
For
- 1+4 seats, 450 kg payload, 200 km, 320 km/h, 20-minute 20–85% charge
- EASA-certified Safran ENGINeUS 100 motors
- Uncrewed flight 2023; manned flight and transition tests 2025
Against
- Not type-certified
- MTOW and battery kWh not published
- Memorandum unit counts are intent, not deliveries