Pre-Transition Test Flight - Cavorite Prototype 

lol until I saw the ducted fans I was like how tf

Very cool, was not expecting the vertical take off

Congratulations Horizon! It's great to see you take the next step towards a full-size machine.

That was a nice stable flight, congrats! Looking forward to the next bits!

They solve the battery problem with an extension cord. Brilliant!

That vertical lift caught me.. 😂

looks incredible. Well done to the Cavorite team!

Brb gotta strap radiator fans to my new vtol cessna

This is a really cool concept! A little concerning (at least visually) with how much wing flex there is for such light flight testing.

Great work, congratulations! Looking forward to the transition!

Well-done love this design

That is one beautiful aircraft!

Great job. Nice planes on that aircraft.

Wow so sleeky! It’s cool how u guys incorporated the ducted fans into the wing for less drag!

Congratulations team! One step closer!

Great name for a VTOL

Well I hope they get the wing flex corrected, unless is part of the design just like the 787

Cavorite? I can only assume its service ceiling is something like 238,000 miles.

Most impressive 😮

Congratulation, from Brazil.

Awesome!

Cool RC drone.

"Hey! You win all the awards A? Very good job. It hovers respectfully due to function. An excellent design. I would like a gas turbine version and an amphibian prototype. Your on to something futuristic and pleasing to the general public and civilian flyer." You have my full support. Do not forget the introduction of the fuselage parachute system. It seals marketing production as an authorized and approved safety feature for operator and passenger alike." 👍

Wow, someone has a great brain.

Im a heli Pilot, this was a great step forward, Good job, If you need a test Pilot Im available

Great

The fuselage reminds me of the Carter Copter

Interesting concept. Though that's all it really seems to be. The fan-in-wing design is very nice though. I'm interested to see the transition, closing off the fans, whilst having sufficient aero lift, and then suddenly reducing the wing area by >50% as the LE and TE are retracted is going to be a careful balancing act. Re: the flappy wings, unless that is sorted ASAP I'm predicting 'loss of prototype' once they attempt a transition into high-speed forward flight. It's usually relatively easy to build a wing with sufficient bending stiffness into a wing - it's torsional rigidity that is more difficult to achieve, and that will become more dominant in forward flight once the aerofoil starts doing it's job. I suspect the large moving sections of the wing, plus the fans robbing a lot of usable surface area from the 'wing box' has given the designers a lot of headaches and led to a really compromised design structurally.

Seems wrong to criticise EV designs based on battery shortcomings. The same efficiency gains that eg Nissan e-Power takes advantage of probably aren't available to planes (are they?) but are there plans to fly this with a genset?

Hi, what about cord that dingels from it is that a control cord or power cord? As an investor what time frame full scale will be up? Do you have orders? Are you planning on a R/S stock since it’s below $1 now ?

Reminds me of the Icon A5. Will it have the same fate?

Stall proof! :)

To pre transition did they give it hormone blockers?

What electrical cord?

BD-5, Vari-Eze genes in that one.

Well after seeing some of the funnier comments I'm afraid of saying something constructive but here goes. I can see the wings are to heavy or not stiff enough holding all of those fans.

Pre-Transition? Do you mean it still has it's weener?

Oddly beautiful I do wonder the price tag and stats 👍👏

I would have preferred to have listened to the sound it produced

The wings may need support rods.

I've heard of "Fly By Wire" but never by "Chain"! 😆😅😁

More of the electric pipe dream. My this go the ways of the electric car.

Look an Icon with a bunch of fans and a V-tail

Very cool. First time seeing this. Cavorite? Like Favorite? Or like Cavort? Or like Cav Or Ite? Cool concept. Bad name. Maybe call it the Wasp. It looks like a wasp.

More elaborate Toys with plastic music. We are really gaing on world peace plans here.

Must be some horrible drag over the wing surface at higher forward speeds.

That bloody music spoiled the entire experience. Why do so many videos have crappy music on them. Do it again without the music.

This is an AMAZING toy aircraft - but is it the future of aviation? Without an incredibly lightweight power source that can rival hydrocarbons ... I don't think so.

Floppy wings and no forward flight equals test of fans with no payload etc what is proven? Complexity and failure modes are huge...

Brilliant but, will it ever do anything usefull? Maybe Uber Eats can use it for deliveries. Good luck anyway guys.

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Cool video. Too bad they felt they had to include such annoying music.

I bet, the army will come soon…. Too bad…

No pilot?

has a battery, but can't carry anything else...

What a breakthrough in battery consumption, with a total of 5 full minutes of total flight time and cost a mere 3 million dollars to build, put in your order today and get ready for the worst investment of your life

Wow .dam that thing is wasted time money 👎👎👎👎👎👎

Complete crap. Nothing more than a tax write off for investors. He’s the problem to upscale, power requirements are exponential…requiring more weight, bigger fans and more power. And for giggles think downstream, what is the endurance? How much weight can it carry.

Another stupid design...

How much is this going to cost???