Demo
    A six-rotor electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft is parked on a dirt surface with a misty, natural background. Two of the rotors are illuminated in green and red lights.
    Joby Aviation’s electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, shown in an illustration, will have six propulsors, all of them tiltable.
    A sleek, black Vertical eVTOL aircraft with multiple propellers is parked on a concrete runway, displaying a bird logo on its tail fin.
    VA-X4, Vertical Aerospace’s eight-rotor electric vertical takeoff and landing concept. Rolls-Royce is building the motors and Honeywell the control systems.
    A white multicopter aircraft flies above an airfield with a control tower, small buildings, an American flag, and several vehicles on the ground beneath a foggy sky.
    A pilot flies the Volocopter 2X on a rehearsal flight before the EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The 2X is a prototype of the company’s planed VoloCity electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft.
    Diagram illustrating four types of propulsion for urban air mobility: multicopter, lift and cruise, vectored thrust, and multipropulsor ducted fans. Each type has a brief description of its features.
    Distributing lift and thrust across multiple propulsors increases redundancy and makes urban air mobility designs safer from the start than conventional helicopters, designers say. Distributed propulsion concepts come in four basic forms.