Jetoptera Personal Drone

The Jetoptera Personal Drone is being designed and manufactured with patented "Fluidic Propulsion" according to the flying car maker. Jetoptera is creating an entire range of drones/flying cars, ranging from small enough to be held in a human's hand to large enough to carry a person.

While there are no technical details released for the full-scale Jetoptera 2000, the company has released a subset of specifications for the smaller Jetoptera 55 version:

Jetoptera 55  Part 107 sUAS Performance

Aircraft Type: VTOL with moveable wing

Powerplant: Hybrid-electric

Range: undisclosed

Top Speed: 87 knots

Propeller Configuration: 2 ducted fans (with fluidic technology)

Passenger/Payload Capacity: 5-15 lbs*/MTOW 55 lbs

Autonomy Level: piloted 

Wingspan/Dimensions: ~2m

Additional Information

Max Alt: 400 feet AGL (geo preset)

Max Flight Time: 30 min*

Standard

VTOL + Hovering

2 x P160 Rxi Jetcat turbojets

Futaba Hand Controller

Navigation Lighting/Strobe

Optional

PING-200sr MODE S ADS-B Transponder

UAV Factory Ground Control Station

Same as above, except:

Top Speed: 250 knots

Passenger/Payload Capacity: 5-15 lbs*/MTOW 55 lbs

The Jetoptera product line continues reasonable development with the Jetoptera 55 scale demonstrator prototype allowing the company to complete most of their systems integration and aerodynamic modeling validation tasks. Additionally, the company is using their own patented technology for propulsion (Fluidic) that may allow for greater performance gains. Since there are no projected performance statistics on the people-carrying variants of Jetoptera's aircraft, it's hard to say when and where the full-scale 2000 prototype will begin testing.