The Cavorite X5 is a sleek modern designed five passenger aircraft with a cruise speed of 215 mph (350 km/h) and has a range of 310 miles (500 km). Wells, which would cancel the effects of gravity and make a spaceship fly. Wells book, ' The First Men in the Moon' Cavorite was the name a fictional metal, made up by H.G. The name of the aircraft was decided to be the Cavorite X5 and the name is taken directly from 1901 H.G.

The company wanted to make a useful aircraft which could do the work of a helicopter but could be faster, more efficient and safer. The Horizon X3 was eventually shelved but it allowed the company to transition into making its new hybrid-electric VTOL called the Cavorite X5.Īs the eVTOL industry began to gain momentum, Horizon Aircraft decided to get into the game. For this type of system to work correctly, they designed a combustion engine which could be decoupled, so that batteries could take over to power the electric motor turning the propeller. The idea for the company's first hybrid-electric aircraft came about in 2008 when a client wanted a highly modified amphibious seaplane and Brian Robinson (Brandon's father) said how about building an entirely new seaplane? The company designed the Horizon X3 hybrid-electric seaplane that was made so if the aircraft ran out of gas (or the engine stopped working), an additional power source, a battery, could land the aircraft to safety.

Horizon Aircraft is in the business of designing and building long-range hybrid-electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft focusing on safety, practicality and operational flexibility.

Horizon Aircraft, based in Canada, was co-founded in 2013 by Brandon Robinson, CEO and Jason O’Neill, COO.

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