Volocopter launches VoloXPro, its electrically powered ultralight multicopter for air sports and professional passenger transport

Volo­copter has pre­sent­ed its new­ly devel­oped VoloX­Pro air­craft — an elec­tri­cal­ly pow­ered ultra­light mul­ti­copter which has been designed to tar­get flight schools, fly­ing clubs, air sports enthu­si­asts and sight­see­ing flight oper­a­tors.

Inter­na­tion­al­ly, the VoloX­Pro is intend­ed for use as an air taxi in pro­fes­sion­al pas­sen­ger trans­port with cer­ti­fi­ca­tion as an ultra­light planned for Ger­many at the end of 2026, along­side par­al­lel approval process­es in oth­er Euro­pean coun­tries.

The VoloX­Pro is a com­plete­ly new devel­op­ment by Volo­copter, with the com­pa­ny say­ing it promis­es emis­sion-neu­tral and low-noise mul­ti­copter fly­ing for a wide range of users and appli­ca­tions. Its inno­v­a­tive plat­form con­cept enables Volo­copter to offer the VoloX­Pro in dif­fer­ent tech­ni­cal con­fig­u­ra­tions depend­ing on the intend­ed use and cus­tomer require­ments.

 David Bausek, CTO at Volo­copter, said: “With the ultra­light VoloX­Pro, elec­tric mul­ti­copter fly­ing at the safe­ty stan­dard of a pas­sen­ger air­craft — at the price of a lux­u­ry car — will become pos­si­ble for pri­vate cus­tomers and com­mer­cial oper­a­tors.

“Thanks to the fly-by-wire con­trol sys­tem, fly­ing is eas­i­er than ever before, and all of it is low-noise and emis­sions-free.”

The VoloX­Pro fea­tures a mod­u­lar design. It incor­po­rates com­po­nents already devel­oped for the VoloC­i­ty, designed for air taxi oper­a­tions as well as med­ical and police trans­port. This results in an excep­tion­al­ly high safe­ty struc­ture com­pa­ra­ble to the reli­a­bil­i­ty of a com­mer­cial air­lin­er. This extra­or­di­nar­i­ly high safe­ty stan­dard is new in Germany’s ultra­light air­craft cat­e­go­ry.

In addi­tion to its high safe­ty lev­el, the mod­u­lar design also allows Volo­copter to achieve attrac­tive pric­ing for oper­a­tors and pri­vate indi­vid­u­als. The shared use of tech­ni­cal com­po­nents between the VoloC­i­ty and VoloX­Pro, com­bined with ultra­light cer­ti­fi­ca­tion, sig­nif­i­cant­ly reduces costs.

Tech­nol­o­gy and Con­fig­u­ra­tion

Thanks to its mod­u­lar design, the VoloX­Pro enables numer­ous tech­ni­cal con- fig­u­ra­tions and equip­ment vari­ants — from sin­gle-stick con­trol and cost-effi­cient min­i­mal­ist cock­pit options to high-end ver­sions for pro­fes­sion­al oper­a­tors.

Air sports enthu­si­asts can assem­ble their mul­ti­copter from fea­tures such as a sin­gle-screen glass cock­pit, assis­tance sys­tems (e.g., col­li­sion warn­ing), inte­ri­or design ele­ments, cus­tomiz­able exte­ri­or paint­work, fast charg­ing, and var­i­ous bat­tery options.

VoloX­Pro sets a new bench­mark in powered‑lift pilot train­ing, com­bin­ing advanced flight‑assistance tech­nol­o­gy with aviation‑grade safe­ty stan­dards. Designed for both aspir­ing pilots and pro­fes­sion­al train­ing orga­ni­za­tions, it enhances sit­u­a­tion­al aware­ness, reduces pilot work­load, and deliv­ers sta­ble, repeat­able flight per­for­mance.

Beyond con­ven­tion­al train­ing, VoloX­Pro pre­pares pilots for the demands of next‑generation avi­a­tion. Its ful­ly elec­tric propul­sion and fly‑by‑wire archi­tec­ture enable a seam­less tran­si­tion to emerg­ing eVTOL aircraft—bridging today’s train­ing envi­ron­ment with the future of advanced air mobil­i­ty.

Back­ground

Volo­copter and Dia­mond Air­craft worked inten­sive­ly on the new devel­op­ment through­out 2025. They mod­u­lar­ized their prod­uct port­fo­lio, realigned the sup­ply chain, and opti­mized indi­vid­ual com­po­nents.

The result is the VoloX­Pro: a strict­ly mar­ket-focused new devel­op­ment incor­po­rat­ing all know-how from pre­vi­ous gen­er­a­tions. At AERO 2026 in Friedrichshafen, the VoloX­Pro will be intro­duced to indus­try experts and the gen­er­al pub­lic for the first time.

FACTS

Ful­ly elec­tric

2 seats

18 rotors

70 km/h cruise speed

40 km max. range

Mar­ket entry end of 2026

600 kg MTOM with 154 kg pay­load