Vight V1 (concept design)
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V1 (concept design)
Vight
Mountain View, California, USA
www.vightaero.com
Founded in 2025, Vight is located in Mountain View, California, USA and is in the business of designing and manufacturing passenger electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft for advanced air mobility (AAM). The company foresees their aircraft to be used by people living in rural areas and allowing them to travel further and faster, reducing the time needed when traveling long distances.
V1 passenger eVTOL aircraft (concept design)
The V1 is a sleek and modern looking two person eVTOL aircraft. The aircraft holds one pilot, one passenger and their luggage. The aircraft is being designed for long range rural travel and will have room for the passenger's luggage. The tandem wings will increase the range of the aircraft and the fixed skid landing gear keeps complexity and the weight of the aircraft to a minimum. The company foresees people in rural areas to build landing pads on their own private property for safe takeoffs and landings.
The estimated cruise speed for the aircraft is 110–120 mph (177–193 km/h), has a proposed flight range of 70-100 miles (113-161 km) including reserves and has an expected maximum payload weight of 450 lb (204 kg). The aircraft has eight propellers, eight electric motors and is powered by battery packs. The aircraft has tandem tilt-wings with the rear wing sporting winglets. The fuselage is made from carbon fiber composite to give the aircraft a high strength to low weight ratio. The aircraft has fixed skid landing gear.
September 2026 Inventor Update
Vight contacted the Vertical Flight Society and reported that the company is currently flying a 20% subscale prototype named the S1. On July 13, 2026, Vight’s S1 subscale prototype completed its first liftoff, hover and touchdown. The company also reported they are in the process of building a full-scale prototype aircraft.
Specifications:
- Aircraft type: Passenger eVTOL aircraft (concept design)
- Piloting/Capacity: 1 pilot, 1 passenger and light luggage
- Cruise speed target: 110–120 mph (177–193 km/h)
- Range target: 70-100 miles (113-161 km) including reserves
- Maximum payload weight target: 450 lb (204 kg)
- Propellers: 8 propellers
- Electric motors: 8 electric motors
- Power source: Battery packs
- Fuselage: Carbon fiber composite
- Window: General aviation airplane type windows
- Wings: Tandem tilt-wings, the rear wing has winglets
- Landing gear: Fixed skid landing gear
- Safety features: Distributed Electric Propulsion (DEP) uses multiple propellers or electric ducted fans, each powered by electric motors, to increase safety through redundancy. There are also redundancies of critical components in the sub-systems of the aircraft providing safety through redundancy. Having multiple redundant systems on any aircraft decreases having any single point of failure. There is also a whole aircraft emergency ballistic parachute (still being validated by the company) in case of an unexpected inflight emergency.
Company Insights:
Resources:
- Vight website
- Vight YouTube Channel
- Vight X (Formerly Twitter)
- Vight LinkedIn
- Article: Expanding the Radius of Daily Life, Not Boring by Packy McCormick, June 8, 2026
- Video: Vight S1.2 First Hover | Flight Test, Vight, Aug. 31, 2026
- Video: Vight S1.2 Stabilized Maneuvering | Flight Test, Vight, Aug. 31, 2026
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