Piloted battery-electric multicopter with 18 fixed-pitch rotors and electric motors.
Propulsion Unit Count
18
Redundancy Approach
Distributed propulsion and multiple battery/flight-control channels are core to the multicopter design; current certification detail is not fully public.
Range / Speed
Manufacturer-published: 35 km range and 110 km/h maximum speed; not certified performance.
Seat Count
2
Last Updated
September 25, 2026
VoloCity remains on an EASA type-certification path under Diamond Aircraft (Wanfeng Group) ownership, which acquired Volocopter out of insolvency in March 2025. Volocopter's near-term certification priority is now VoloXPro, and no VoloCity Type Certificate date has been published. ADAC Luftrettung pilots flew VoloCity under supervision in May 2026 to assess operational usability.
Publish a current post-reorganization certification schedule and complete the remaining EASA compliance and verification work for VoloCity.
VoloCity is a two-seat piloted multicopter designed for short urban passenger missions. Eighteen fixed-pitch rotors provide lift and control without a wing-borne cruise mode.
The program remains certification-stage and PRE-EIS. Its corporate reorganization materially changed the schedule context.
Volocopter publishes 18 electric motors/rotors, two seats, 35 km range and 110 km/h maximum speed. Those values are manufacturer specifications pending the approved type design.
The distributed architecture provides propulsion redundancy, but current public evidence does not expose the full EASA compliance basis for batteries, control channels and failure containment.
VoloCity accumulated extensive development flying before Volocopter's restructuring. Diamond Aircraft announced the completed reorganization in March 2025 and said VoloCity would continue while the business focused on certification milestones.
Volocopter's current site still describes VoloCity as on the path to EASA certification. On 28 May 2026, experienced ADAC Luftrettung pilots outside the traditional test-pilot group flew VoloCity under supervision using the SimX ground station, generating operational-usability and situational-awareness evidence. The activity was a supervised test, not type certification or passenger-service approval.
The aircraft is intended for short urban air-taxi service. Paris-area and other demonstrations did not authorize routine fare-paying passenger operations.
Pre-reorganization launch dates should not be repeated as current commitments without a new company or regulator schedule.
The immediate uncertainty is the post-reorganization certification plan and resource schedule. Remaining technical and regulatory dependencies include EASA compliance demonstration, production approval and operator-specific authorization.
Current manufacturer page — reviewed 19 Sep 2026: VoloCity is still described as on the path to EASA certification. Source.
Corporate reorganization — 20 Mar 2025: Diamond Aircraft integrated Volocopter and stated that VoloCity would continue. Source.
Operational test — 28 May 2026: ADAC Luftrettung non-test pilots flew VoloCity under supervision with the SimX ground station. Source.
Evidence boundary: no EASA Type Certificate identified; organization approvals, production capability and supervised flight testing do not establish type certification or passenger-service approval.
September 25, 2026
