LEO Flight (formerly Urban eVTOL) first announced itself about a year ago. Launch of NASA, a renowned sports car designer and venture specialist in electric motors for vertical takeoff and landing vehicles.

The proposed air taxi design for two passengers and a driver resembles a sports car and fits easily in the garage. Thank you for these compact box wings.

LX-1 will have 76 propellers for vertical takeoff / Photo LEO Flight

The main disadvantage of box flaps is a relatively small lift. According to calculations, the elevator starts to hold the box-wing LEO Coupe at speeds above 185 km/h. This means that the device has to move and accelerate for a long time with the propeller thrust, which means increased battery consumption.

The final version of the aircraft will have 200 propellers / Photo LEO Flight

The way out of this situation would be to use lots of small fans instead of a dozen or two large ones.

The company sees the advantage of many small motors at a low current load in each and electronics. This will increase reliability and have a positive effect on the weight of the wiring, especially with a smaller cross section of power wires.

The developers plan to prove this in the alpha prototype, which they plan to begin testing in manned mode in August this year.

LEO Coupe images