Doroni Aerospace X8 (concept design)
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X8 (concept design)
Doroni Aerospace, Inc.
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
www.doroni.io
Founder and CEO Doron Merdinger started the Doroni company in 2016 because he believes the technology is now here to make the future of traveling clean and wheelless. Merdinger from the start, wants his electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft to be available to purchase by the consumer, businesses and governments. "Why limit the future?," says Merdinger, "Allow everyone to buy these (aircraft)." As of March 2024, Doroni has raised close to $6 million (USA) with over 430 pre-order requests. In February 2025, the company received a $30 million (USD) investment from Innovation Wings Industries (IWI), operating as Kingdom Aero Industries (KAI) located in Saudi Arabia.
Passenger safety and aircraft durability
The two most important goals for the company is passenger safety and durability of the aircraft. Safety is achieved by having multiple redundancies built into the aircraft, from multiple propellers and avionics, various anti-collision sensors and to a whole aircraft ballistic parachute. While today's conventional aircraft are overly complicated, durability is achieved by greatly reducing the amount of moving parts, keeping the aircraft simplified, using a modular design for easier maintenance and using off-the-shelf components.
Award winning design
On June 10, 2021, Space Florida and the Florida Venture Forum announced that Doroni won the 2nd Place prize of $15,000.00 USD at the all-virtual sixth annual 2021 Aerospace Innovation and Tech Forum. Twenty presenting companies were selected from a pool of more than 84+ applicants by a committee of active Florida venture capital investors. Space Florida provided the Accelerating Innovation prize money totaling $100,000.00 USD.
The company has an international team of engineers and designers prototype building, testing and ultimately, designing their production aircraft. The company is building a production prototype now but is not available for public viewing.
X8 passenger eVTOL aircraft (concept design)
The X8 eVTOL aircraft is the company's third design. The aircraft is a sleek and modern design that carries two passengers inside an enclosed cockpit. The aircraft can be piloted manually by a person or in the future will be piloted by Artificial Intelligence (AI). The aircraft has a total of four propeller nacelles on each corner of the aircraft which are incorporated into its fuselage. There is also a front grill, to possibly provide the air intake for the cabin ventilation system and also cool the batteries. The aircraft is also self-balancing. The name X8, is decoded with the X denoting the airframe type and the 8 denotes the eight sets of propellers.
The estimated cruise speed, range, flight time and other specifications were never made known to the general public. The concept design aircraft has eight propellers inside four ducted housings. There are movable louvers on top of the propeller housings so when the aircraft has landed, the louvers close making it safer for passengers and to keep debris from entering the propeller area when parked. The aircraft has eight electric motors and is powered by battery packs.
The fuselage is either carbon fiber composite or is a 3D printed fuselage. The main window glass starts in the front and continues to rooftop providing panoramic and spectacular views for the passengers. There are two doors and each door has a window. The landing gear either lands on its fuselage or on landing struts.
Future
The company predicts their eVTOL aircraft will eliminate the need for all roads. The company is also looking for investors. The company foresees that after a successful launch of their product their estimate for the first year in sales will be five million USD. The company plans to launch their first eVTOL aircraft in 2023. As of March 2026, the company expects initial deliveries of the commercial H1-X passenger eVTOL aircraft in 2028.
Specifications:
- Aircraft type: Passenger eVTOL concept design aircraft
- Piloting: 1 pilot can fly the aircraft manually and in the future, the aircraft will also will be piloted by Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Capacity: 1 passenger
- Propellers: 8 propellers in four ducted housings
- Propeller louvers: The aircraft has movable louvers so when the aircraft has landed, the louvers close making it safer for passengers and to keep debris from entering the propeller area
- Electric Motors: 8 electric motors
- Power source: Battery packs
- Fuselage: Carbon fiber composite or a 3D printed fuselage
- Windows: The cockpit glass starts at the front of the cockpit and continues to rooftop providing panoramic and spectacular views for the passengers
- Doors: 2 doors with windows
- Landing gear: The aircraft either lands on its fuselage or on landing struts
- Safety Features: The aircraft can take over the flying of the aircraft, if the passenger makes a mistake during flight because the aircraft will have Artificial Intelligence (AI) to keep the passenger safe. The aircraft is also self-balancing. Distributed Electric Propulsion (DEP), provides safety through redundancy for its passengers and/or cargo. DEP means having multiple propellers and motors on the aircraft so if one or more motors or propellers fail, the other working motors and propellers can safely land the aircraft.
Related Aircraft:
- Doroni Aerospace Carbon One (concept design)
- Doroni Aerospace H1 (concept design)
- Doroni Aerospace H1 (technology demonstrator)
- Doroni Aerospace H1-X (concept design)
- Doroni Aerospace H1-X (mockup)
- Doroni Aerospace H1-X Cargo (concept design)
- Doroni Aerospace H1-XE EMS (concept design)
- Doroni Aerospace H1-XM Military (concept design)
- Doroni Aerospace H1-XP Police (concept design)
- Doroni Aerospace Yellowjacket Y6 (prototype)
Company Insights:
Resources:
- Doroni Aerospace website
- Doroni Aerospace Facebook
- Doroni Aerospace X (Formerly Twitter)
- Doroni Aerospace YouTube Channel
- Doroni Aerospace Instagram
- Doroni Aerospace LinkedIn
- Video: The Doroni Motion, Doroni, May 27, 2017
- Video: Doroni - A Wheelless vehicle, Doroni, July 11, 2017
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