Flight testingVolocopter
VoloCity
18 fixed-pitch rotors; 2 seats (initially 1 pilot + 1 passenger)
Volocopter's two-seat, 18-rotor urban air taxi. Official Design Specifications 2024: about 20 km operational range incl. safety margins, 90 km/h cruise, 100 km/h max, about 1,000 kg MTOM, lithium-ion batteries swapped between flights. Volocopter holds EASA design organisation approval and expects EASA certification in 2027 (not yet awarded). In Paris in August 2024 it flew test and demo flights without passengers. After the 2024 insolvency, Volocopter has operated under Diamond Aircraft Group Austria (Wanfeng) since March 2025, with headquarters still in Bruchsal. Flight testing continues: ADAC Luftrettung pilots flew it in May 2026, and in September 2026 it completed a full test mission on 17 of its 18 motors. Price, payload and endurance are not published.
- Range
- About 20 km (operational)
(varies with speed, reserves, and how the pilot flies the mission).
- Payload
- Not published
- Cruise
- 90 km/h
(chosen by the pilot, and traded against range and endurance).
- Top speed
- 100 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
- About 1,000 kg
- Ceiling
- Not published
- Seats
- 2
- Battery / fuel
- Lithium-ion, 9 swappable batteries (capacity not published)
- Size
- 11.3 m rotor-rim diameter; 2.7 m tall
- Charge
- Battery swap (external charging station)
- First flight
- Not published (first Volocopter prototype flew in 2011; over 2,000 test flights)
- Entry into service
- Not published (EASA certification targeted 2027)
Full figures
- Seats
- 2
- Rotors
- 18
- Range
- About 20 km operational, incl. safety margins (Design Specifications 2024)
- Cruise / max
- 90 / 100 km/h
- MTOM
- About 1,000 kg
- Turnaround
- Battery swap; charging in external charging station
- Design approval
- EASA DOA held
- Size
- 11.3 m rotor-rim diameter; 2.3 m single rotor; 2.7 m tall
- Operations
- initially piloted (1 pilot + 1 passenger); autonomous later
- Owner
- Diamond Aircraft Group Austria (Wanfeng) since March 2025; HQ Bruchsal
For
- Published official spec sheet (2 seats, 18 rotors, 90/100 km/h)
- Battery swap instead of a long charge; flew a full test mission on 17 of 18 motors (Sep 2026)
Against
- About 20 km operational range on the current sheet
- Not type-certified; EASA certification targeted 2027