eVTOL
Vertical Aerospace VX4 / Valo
Vertical page: eight carbon-fibre tilting propellers (eVTOL tiltrotor), piloted.
Hero image: Hunini / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Vertical page: eight carbon-fibre tilting propellers (eVTOL tiltrotor), piloted.
At a glance
- Maker
- Vertical Aerospace
- Entered service
- Not certified. Company press release 13 Jul 2026: Type Certification of Valo now expected in 2029 (previous target 2028)
- Engines
- Electric, eight tilt propellers (meet-valo page); July 2026 release also mentions a hybrid-electric programme
- Seats
- Meet-Valo page: 4 passengers + 1 pilot. Vertical homepage: 'designed for up to six people' - the two pages differ
- Cruise speed
- 150 mph target (not converted); not stated in knots
- Range
- 100 miles target
- EASA type certificate
- none (not certified)
- In London
- Company page shows Canary Wharf to Heathrow (12 min) as an example use case only, no service date. July 2026 release: CAA expanded Permit to Fly on 10 Jul 2026 for first public demonstration flights away from Cotswold Airport; piloted two-way transition flight in April 2026 under UK CAA Design Organisation Approval oversight; Critical Design Review expected by end 2026
Check first
Figures come from the manufacturer's own page and the EASA type certificate data sheet read on 3 November 2026. Variants differ; check the exact model.
Official links
- Manufacturer page vertical-aerospace.com
Sources and checks
Facts on this page come from these sources, last checked 2026-11-03. Where a source could not be reached or did not say, we left the fact out.
- vertical-aerospace.com vertical-aerospace.com
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