Yufei Aviation
S100
Eight motors, racing-cage airframe
Yufei Aviation's S100 is a single-seat multirotor eVTOL sold as a "flying go-kart". It has a competition-style aluminium cage frame with a carbon cockpit and eight motors in pairs on four arms. Yufei lists 68 kg empty weight, 215 kg MTOW and a 100 kg max pilot. Its FAQ gives 72 km/h cruise and 86 km/h max speed. Range is 10–35 km and hover time 18–40 min (about 20 min in racing mode) on two 24S packs, with a 15–20 min fast charge. The full price is $55,800 excluding taxes, with delivery in 20–30 working days from Guangzhou. Yufei says it needs no pilot's licence in the US under FAR Part 103; that is the maker's claim, not a type certificate. Not type-certified.
- Range
- 10–35 km
(varies with speed, reserves, and how the pilot flies the mission).
- Payload
- 100 kg pilot
- Cruise
- 72 km/h
(chosen by the pilot, and traded against range and endurance).
- Top speed
- 86 km/h
- Flight time
- 18–40 min hover
(varies with the speed the pilot selects and the reserves kept for the mission).
- Price
- $55,800 (excl. taxes and fees)
- Empty weight
- 68 kg
- MTOW
- 215 kg
- Ceiling
- 100 m
- Seats
- 1
- Battery / fuel
- Two 24S 60 Ah packs, 16.5 kg each
- Size
- 2.6 × 2.2 × 1.25 m
- Charge
- 15–20 min fast
- First flight
- Not published
- Entry into service
- On sale (delivery 20–30 working days)
Full figures
- Size
- 2600 × 2200 × 1250 mm
- Empty / MTOW
- 68 kg / 215 kg
- Max pilot
- 100 kg
- Range
- 10–35 km
- Cruise
- 72 km/h (FAQ); 72–90 km/h on the spec table
- Flight time
- 18–40 min hover; about 20 min in racing mode
- Charging
- 15–20 min fast (spec table); FAQ: 12 min fast, 40 min slow
- Ceiling
- 100 m (measured); Yufei recommends below 10 m
- Wind
- level 5
- Airframe
- aluminium cage frame + carbon cockpit
- Redundancy
- 8 motors (two per arm), two control systems, two battery packs; flies on with one motor lost
- Weather
- IP54; −10 to 40 °C
- Deliveries
- 83+ Gen-1 units in China (2021–2023); 126 Gen-2 orders in its first year
- Flight testing
- since 2019; Gen-3 6,800+ flights, 700+ hours (Yufei)
- Maker
- Yufei Aviation, Guangzhou, China
- Price
- $55,800 excl. taxes and fees; $1,000 non-refundable downpayment, 50% deposit, balance before shipping
For
- Official 10–35 km range and 18–40 min hover
- Published $55,800 price; 20–30 working-day delivery
Against
- Short hops: 72 km/h cruise, 10–35 km
- Not type-certified