Register
Aircraft Software

No Pilot Certificate Required: Rictor’s X4 eVTOL Targets New Audience

Launched at CES, planned $39,900 aircraft seeks young, adventurous buyers beyond traditional pilots.

Jonathan Welsh
Verified

Edited By:

Jonathan Welsh

Rictor's X4 is designed for short flights up to about 20 minutes.
Rictor X4 personal ultralight eVTOL [Credit: Rictor]

It seems safe to say there is something of interest to everyone at the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES), and over the past several years, the wares on display increasingly have attracted aviation and personal-mobility enthusiasts.

This year’s airborne object of desire January 6-9 in Las Vegas was the Rictor X4—an electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft that the manufacturer calls the first “hop-on-and-take-off” ultralight eVTOL.

Jonathan Welsh

Jonathan Welsh is a private pilot and lifelong aviation enthusiast who has been a reporter, writer and columnist for 35 years. His career includes stints with the Wall Street Journal, Flying Magazine and the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association. He recently returned to Firecrown to lead Aviation Consumer.