RYSE releases 1st eVTOL water take-off & landing footage

RYSE Aero Tech­nolo­gies, a Ohio-based pre-rev­enue ultra­light eVTOL vehi­cle man­u­fac­tur­er, has unveiled test footage show­cas­ing the water take-off and land­ing capa­bil­i­ties of Recon.

In the video, the Recon is shown soar­ing over a lake before ini­ti­at­ing a water-land­ing sequence around the 33-sec­ond mark. Moments lat­er, the Recon smooth­ly set­tles onto the lake’s sur­face. Then, at the 1:10 mark, the pilot starts the water take-off sequence and soars off in the dis­tance.

RYSE claims the Recon’s abil­i­ty to take off and land on water sets it apart in the high­ly com­pet­i­tive eVTOL space. RYSE has con­duct­ed over 400 suc­cess­ful flights and holds the ground­break­ing dis­tinc­tion of being the first to con­duct flight demon­stra­tions at CES, under­scor­ing its posi­tion as a leader in this space.

While many eVTOL con­tenders are pro­ject­ing deliv­ery around late 2024 to 2025, RYSE is aim­ing for Decem­ber 2023 for Recon’s inau­gur­al ship­ment.