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About Cavorite X7

Cavorite X7 is Horizon Aircraft's seven-seat hybrid-electric vertical-lift aircraft for regional passenger, cargo, medical and emergency missions. Twelve electrically driven fans inside the wings and canards provide vertical lift; their covers close for wing-borne cruise powered by a conventional propeller.

The design also supports runway take-off and landing, allowing operators to trade vertical access for additional payload. Horizon projects a 450-kilometre-per-hour maximum cruise speed, 800-kilometre range with reserves and a 680-kilogram VTOL payload. These figures are engineering estimates, and the aircraft remains in development following flight work with a large-scale prototype.

Capabilities

Source-backed capabilities

VTOL transition flight
Pilot - 2025-05-01 - Horizon records a full-wing transition flight by its large-scale Cavorite prototype in May 2025.
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Operations

Operating Milestone
Full-wing transition flight completed - 2025-05-01 - Horizon records a full-wing transition flight by its large-scale Cavorite prototype in May 2025.
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Supply

Supply / Components

Cavorite X7
Flight Control Computers And Fly By Wire Software For Cavorite X7 - flight_controls - BETA Technologies - BETA supplies flight-control computers and customized fly-by-wire software for Horizon Cavorite X7 - source: investors.beta.team
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Timeline

Horizon selects BETA flight controls for Cavorite X7
2026-07-09 - Partnership - Horizon will integrate BETA flight-control computers and customized fly-by-wire software into the full-scale Cavorite X7 during development, testing and certification. BETA says the VTOL-specific platform combines safety-critical software, system redundancy and a flexible architecture, with hardware designed to DAL-A development rigor. Horizon will use the same flight-control computer hardware as BETA's own aircraft fleet, providing shared manufacturing scale and component-cost benefits.
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