Jetson One (concept design)

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Jetson One (concept design)
Jetson
Palo Alto, California, USA
www.jetson.com

Jetson was founded by Peter Ternström and Tomasz Patan in October 2017 originally as Jetson Aero with its headquarters Poland, the moving to Sweden. The company name was also shortened from Jetson Aero to Jetson. The company's goal is to make safe personal electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft available to everyone. The company is currently based in Palo Alto, California, USA.

The Jetson Aero Speeder prototype, their proof of concept, was developed during the autumn of 2017 and was finished in the spring of 2018. The first successful flight of the prototype was in January 2018. The first crewed flight was on the 28th of February 2018 in Tuscany (Italy) and with further crewed flights in Poznan, Poland. Now that the prototype has been made and test flown, the company is moving forward to create a consumer friendly eVTOL model. The fuselage is an H configuration with the propellers and electric motors on each corner of the aircraft. One electric motor failing would not end in a catastrophic event.

The company states the experience of making this eVTOL personal aircraft has been an fantastic experience for all their employees.

Being able to move through the air so effortlessly without vibrations or noise - it was amazing. Have you ever had a dream where you could fly? This was it. By simple controls, we could move up, left, right, anywhere we wanted to go. Perfectly stable, with the fly-by-wire system we had developed. If we took our hands off the joysticks, our machine simply stopped and hovered in the air.

—Jetson website (August 2020)

After the successful completion of the working prototype and many test flights, development of the Jetson One eVTOL aircraft, a second generation prototype, was started. The Jetson One will be the first production model for the consumer. Jetson One was finished during the late spring of 2020, and is now undergoing flight testing. The company says it is available to order.

Jetson One passenger eVTOL concept design aircraft
The Jetson One concept design aircraft is a one passenger eVTOL multicopter. The aircraft has one pilot seated in an open cockpit with roll bars. There are also safety roll bars partially protecting the propellers to keep ground crew and others safe when landed on the ground.

While the specifications below might or might not be for the Jetson One concept design aircraft, the aircraft has eight propellers, eight electric motors and is powered by battery packs. The open framed fuselage is to be made from 7020 aluminum with a carbon fiber composite seat with safety padding. The aircraft is designed to land on the bottom of its fuselage.

The safety features of the aircraft include: Complete propulsion redundancy; triple redundant flight computer; ballistic parachute; safety cell chassis; crumble zones; lidar aided obstacle and terrain avoidance; hands free hover and emergency hold functions; propeller guards; and a composite seat with harness.

In August 2020, the Jetson website stated that a complete eVTOL aircraft is $59,000.00 USD and is delivered as a partially (50%) assembled kit for home completion. It contains everything needed to build it for flying. From the aluminum space frame to motor controllers, propellers, motors and detailed building instructions.

Sales Price
As of September 2025, the Jetson website shows the selling price for the production model is $128,000.00 USD (plus taxes and other fees) and the company is sold out for both 2025 and 2026. In addition, the estimated delivery dates for these orders is in 2027. (All the information in this paragraph is from the company's website as of September 2025 and is subject to change at anytime.)

Specifications:

• Aircraft type: Passenger eVTOL experimental ultralight (FAA Part 103)
• Capacity: 1 pilot
• Cockpit: Open cockpit with roll bars, no front or side windows, helmet required
• Flight controls: Joystick, throttle lever, yaw pedals
• Flight computer redundancy: Triple redundant IMU, gyro, accelerometer, compass
• Maximum speed (level flight): 102 km/h (63 mph)
• Maximum flight time (for a pilot weight of 85 kg / 187 lb): 15 minutes (approximately)
• Aircraft empty weight: 90 kg (198 lb)
• Propellers: 8 propellers
• Electric motors: 8 electric motors
• Maximum power output (8 motors): 84 kW
• Electric motor type: Brushless outrunner
• Power source and battery type: Swappable 52V li-ion (20700) battery packs
• Seat belt harness type: 4-point quick release safety harness (Sparco)
• Seat type: Carbon/aramid fiber composite with safety padding
• Fuselage: All-aluminum (7020) safety cell with crumble zones
• Landing gear: The bottom frame of the aircraft is the landing gear.
• Dimensions: Length 2,845 mm, Width 2,400 mm, Height 1,030 mm
• Safety features: 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. Complete propulsion redundancy, triple redundant flight computer, ballistic parachute, safety cell chassis, crumble zones, lidar aided obstacle and terrain avoidance, hands free hover and emergency hold functions, propeller guards, composite seat with harness.

Related Aircraft:

• Jetson One (production model)
• Jetson One (prototype)

Company Insights:

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Resources:

• Jetson website
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• Video: Personal electric flying "sports car" EVTOL - manned flight, Jetson, Jan. 29, 2019
• Video: POV Piloting electric manned drone "flying car" Personal Aerial Vehicle, Jetson, Dec. 3, 2019
• Video: Jetson One - Official Launch, Jetson, Oct. 20, 2021