Horizon Aircraft chooses Pratt & Whitney’s PT6A engine for its full-scale Cavorite X7 eVTOL aircraft

New Hori­zon Air­craft Ltd, doing busi­ness as Hori­zon Air­craft, has select­ed Pratt & Whit­ney’s PT6A engine for its full-scale eVTOL, the Cavorite X7.

Described as one of the most reli­able and effi­cient air­craft engines ever pro­duct­ed, the PT6A tur­bo­prop engine was also cho­sen due to its proven per­for­mance record in a wide range of air­craft and high-pow­er appli­ca­tions. The PT6A’s archi­tec­ture and mod­u­lar reverse flow design also sim­pli­fies instal­la­tion and ongo­ing engine main­te­nance.

In a press release issued today (Tues­day), Hori­zon Air­craft says installing the PT6A engine in the Cavorite X7 will pro­vide unprece­dent­ed speed, range, effi­cien­cy, and depend­abil­i­ty that oth­er eVTOL air­craft and heli­copters can­not match, while reduc­ing hydro­car­bon emis­sions by up to 30 per cent rel­a­tive to con­ven­tion­al air­craft con­duct­ing sim­i­lar oper­a­tions.

Bran­don Robin­son, CEO at Hori­zon Air­craft, said: “Choos­ing the right engine for our full-scale hybrid air­craft was essen­tial. The PT6A is exact­ly what we need for our full-scale air­craft, and build­ing a rela­tion­ship with Pratt & Whit­ney Cana­da, such a respect­ed, glob­al leader right here at home, is anoth­er amaz­ing win.”

The rela­tion­ship build­ing between the two Cana­di­an strength­ens Hori­zon Air­craft’s posi­tion as it devel­ops its full-scale hybrid eVTOL, but also under­scores Canada’s grow­ing pres­ence and influ­ence in the glob­al advanced air mobil­i­ty indus­try.

Scott McEl­vaine, Vice Pres­i­dent, Sales & Mar­ket­ing and Busi­ness Devel­op­ment at Pratt & Whit­ney Cana­da, said: “For more than six decades, the PT6 engine has been at the heart of count­less inno­va­tions in avi­a­tion, con­tin­u­al­ly evolv­ing to meet the needs of cus­tomers world­wide.

“See­ing the PT6A select­ed for Hori­zon Air­craft’s Cavorite X7 reflects its posi­tion as the most mod­ern and ver­sa­tile engine in its class today, deliv­er­ing the per­for­mance, effi­cien­cy, and reli­a­bil­i­ty required for this next gen­er­a­tion of air­craft.”