Volonaut (not eVTOL)
Airbike
Jet hoverbike — no rotors
Volonaut's Airbike is a single-seat, jet-powered flying motorbike from Polish inventor Tomasz Patan, a co-founder of Jetson. It uses redundant jet turbines instead of propellers, so it is not an eVTOL. Volonaut lists 30 kg empty mass, a 95 kg max pilot, up to 10 min flight time and a 102 km/h top speed to stay within FAA ultralight rules. Its marketing copy claims speeds up to 124 mph. It burns diesel, biodiesel, Jet-A1 or kerosene and refuels in under a minute. The full price is $880,000, starting with a $2,000 reservation. It was unveiled in May 2025, and the first US test flights in California were announced in April 2026. Range and a delivery date are not published. Not type-certified.
- Range
- Not published
(varies with speed, reserves, and how the pilot flies the mission).
- Payload
- 95 kg (max pilot mass)
- Cruise
- Not published
(chosen by the pilot, and traded against range and endurance).
- Top speed
- 102 km/h (ultralight limit)
- Flight time
- Up to 10 min
(varies with the speed the pilot selects and the reserves kept for the mission).
- Price
- $880,000
- Empty weight
- 30 kg
- Seats
- 1
- Battery / fuel
- Diesel, biodiesel, Jet-A1, kerosene
- Charge
- < 1 min refuel
- First flight
- Not published
- Entry into service
- Not published (preorders open)
Full figures
- Empty mass
- 30 kg
- Max pilot mass
- 95 kg
- Propulsion
- redundant jet turbines; no propellers
- Fuel
- diesel, biodiesel, Jet-A1, kerosene
- Refuel
- under 1 minute
- Control
- fully redundant flight computer with stabilisation
- Licence
- none required in the US (FAA ultralight, Volonaut claim)
- Speed claim
- up to 124 mph (Volonaut marketing copy)
- Public unveiling
- with flight video: May 2025
- First US test flights
- California, announced 8 Apr 2026
- Delivery
- with training at Volonaut's US facility; no date published
- Maker
- Volonaut, founded by Tomasz Patan (a co-founder of Jetson)
- Price
- $880,000 full price: $2,000 non-refundable reservation, $80,000 refundable deposit, $798,000 on delivery
For
- 30 kg empty mass; sub-minute refuel
- No rotors — unobstructed view
Against
- Not an eVTOL — jet fuel, 10 minutes
- $880,000; not type-certified