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- 1. Volocopter,IAA 2017, Frankfurt (1Y7A1911): Matti Blume· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Volocopter 2X is a German two-seat, optionally-piloted, multirotor eVTOL aircraft. The personal air vehicle was designed and produced by Volocopter GmbH of Bruchsal, and first introduced at the AERO Friedrichshafen airshow in 2017. The aircraft is sold complete and ready-to-fly.
How to recognise it: electric motors · 1.8 m main rotor
base stats
Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).
fun facts
- First flew 9 years ago, in 2017.
electric: Battery-powered electric motors.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 2017
- status
- in production
- number built
- —
- role
- helicopter, personal air vehicle
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- makers
- Volocopter
- engines
- three-phase PM synchronous brushless DC electric motors
- length
- 3.2 m
- rotor diameter
- 1.8 m
- height
- 2.2 m
- max take-off weight
- 450 kg
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- range
- 27 km
- ceiling
- 2,000 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q42324990, Wikipedia: Volocopter 2X (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.