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LIFT Aircraft

HEXA

Single-seat 18-rotor multirotor flown by the customer under FAA Part 103, with float landing gear for operations over water.

HEXA
LIFT Aircraft (official press image)
Range
15 mi
Top Speed
63 mph
Cruise Speed
45 mph
Seats
1
Noise
70 dB

The HEXA carries one occupant beneath a ring of 18 independent rotors, each with its own motor and battery. That redundancy is the core of the safety case: the aircraft is designed to keep flying after losing several motors, and it carries a whole-aircraft ballistic parachute for the rest.

Landing gear is a set of composite floats, so it can set down on water as well as land. Flight time is short, around ten to fifteen minutes, which is a direct consequence of lifting on rotors alone with no wing to carry the aircraft in cruise.

Because it is flown by the customer rather than a commercial pilot, and is limited to one seat by Part 103, the HEXA is not a charter aircraft. It is the most accessible electric VTOL experience currently on sale.