Vight
Two-seat personal eVTOL development with an open, rapid flight-test loop
The product
Vight says its first product will be a two-seat eVTOL for personal use, rural property owners, and flight schools. Current public hardware is an S1-series 20%-scale tilt-wing prototype used to validate controls, simulation, yaw authority, composite structures, landing gear, and hover maneuvers; the S1.7 test article flew on September 18, 2026.
The thesis
Vight is pursuing owner-flown and training markets rather than beginning with network-operated urban air taxis. If it establishes a credible certification and manufacturing path, that could broaden access to short-range vertical flight outside cities.
How it runs
A small team iterating through simulation, prototype design and integration, ground testing, and frequent flight tests while recruiting founding engineers across controls, propulsion, avionics, structures, and mechanical systems.
How it earns
Not publicly disclosed. Rural property owners and flight schools are target users, but aircraft pricing, sales terms, certification basis, and service model are not published.
Why it wins
Team and adviser experience from Kitty Hawk and Airbus Vahana, paired with a transparent, frequent prototype-test process and an initial focus on a smaller two-seat aircraft.
Evidence ledger
- website · 2026-04-27
Vight identifies as a reindustrialization company.
https://www.vight.aero - first-party · 2026-09-22
Vight reports a successful September 15 S1.6 hover test with five heading changes and a September 18 S1.7 hover-maneuver test that improved consistency and heading control, while identifying a yaw-assistance gap in altitude mode.
https://vightaero.com/ - LinkedIn / Vight · 2026-09-12
Company-controlled description, location, target market, team, funding statement, and test updates.
https://www.linkedin.com/company/vightaero
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