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The Fantom X
First flight complete · Delivery December 2026

Personal flight, without limits.

Fantom Aero has flown the Fantom X — a single-seat, US-domiciled FAR Part 103 eVTOL with defense-tier avionics.

01 / Regulatory

No FAA certification.
No pilot license.

FAR Part 103 · Engineered into the envelope from day one
02 / Engineering

Avionics from the defense world.

Fantom Spectre™ flight stack · triple-redundant control · 275 TOPS edge-AI · 360° LiDAR · GPS-denied navigation
First flight complete · Delivery December 2026

Flight, without the gatekeepers.

$228K
MSRP
500+
Flight Hours
Part 103
No License Required
Dec '26
First Delivery
FLT TEST 047 — LIVE
ALT 0000 FT   SPD 00 KT   RTR 0000 RPM
HDG 000°   SYS NOMINAL
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// Fantom X · Specifications

An aircraft engineered around a regulatory envelope.

Every line, every material, every component selected to deliver maximum capability inside the FAR Part 103 ultralight category — the only path to license-free personal flight in the United States.

63 mph
Top Speed
55 kt · Part 103 envelope
32 mi
Range
At cruise, nominal conditions
32 min
Flight Time
12 kWh · hot-swappable pack
253 lb
Gross Weight
Part 103 max: 254 lb
Category
FAR Part 103
Ultralight
Configuration
Quad rotor
Single seat
Top Speed
55 kt
63 mph · Part 103 limit
Range
32 mi
At cruise
Flight Time
32 min
Nominal
Battery
12 kWh · 24S NMC
88V nom · hot-swap
Powertrain
300A ESCs
100.8V peak
Gross Weight
253 lb
Part 103 max: 254 lb
Flight Computer
Fantom Spectre
triple-redundant + 275 TOPS AI
AI Compute
275 TOPS
Spectre edge-AI core
Sensors
360° LiDAR
Spectre Halo · 70 m
Airframe
Carbon + 6061-T6
Tube frame
Safety
Ballistic parachute
+ ESC redundancy
MSRP
$228,000
USD
// The Architecture

Built like a defense system. Priced like an automobile.

Most ultralight eVTOL platforms use hobby-grade flight controllers and consumer-grade compute. The Fantom X is built on the same hardware lineage as modern military UAS — adapted for personal use, packaged with sport-aircraft aesthetics.

01

Fantom Spectre™ flight controller

A proprietary flight controller engineered in-house: triple-redundant IMU, hardware-isolated ADC for joystick input, and a custom firmware stack. Flight-proven architecture, field-maintainable, and fully owned by Fantom.

02

275 TOPS edge-AI core

The Spectre AI core delivers 275 TOPS of automotive-grade edge compute for real-time sensor fusion, obstacle avoidance, and flight-envelope protection — all running on Fantom's own software.

03

360° LiDAR sensing

A full 360° hemispherical LiDAR array for situational awareness during hover, approach, and landing — detecting obstacles invisible to optical systems.

04

24S battery architecture

88V nominal, 100.8V peak, NMC chemistry. 300A ESCs paired with hardened DC distribution. Engineered for the energy density required to fly under Part 103 weight limits.

05

Carbon fiber half-fairings

Custom-tooled carbon fairings produced in-house. Two production finish options: in-mold coating for direct-from-mold surface, or clear-coat over wet layup.

06

Ballistic parachute

Whole-aircraft emergency recovery parachute as standard equipment. Operator-actuated, deployable across the flight envelope above minimum altitude.

// Airframe

Two materials. One structural logic.

The Fantom X combines 6061-T6 aluminum tube extrusions as the primary load path with in-house-tooled carbon fiber half-fairings for aerodynamic surfaces. Both are produced and assembled without external manufacturing dependencies.

Structural Core

Aluminum tube frame

Precision-cut, bolted 6061-T6 aluminum tube frame. The geometry places the battery and motor arms in optimized positions for the Part 103 weight distribution envelope. All primary structural joints are bolted, not bonded — field-maintainable and inspectable without specialty tools.

Aerodynamic Surfaces

Custom-tooled carbon half-fairings

External carbon panels produced using tooling built and held in-house. No third-party body shops, no outside tooling dependencies. Fairing geometry serves as aerodynamic smoothing over the structural tube frame.

Mass Budget

Engineered to 254 lb

Part 103 permits a maximum gross weight of 254 pounds. Every gram of structure, battery, avionics, and pilot weight is accounted for in a precision mass budget. This is not a retrofit — the aircraft is designed around this envelope from first principles.

Motor Integration

Four independent drive units

Each motor arm terminates in an independently-wired motor and ESC assembly. No shared power bus at the motor level. Loss of a single motor remains recoverable within the flight envelope. ESCs are individually replaceable in the field.

// Power System

Twelve kilowatt-hours. Two-minute swap.

The Fantom X battery pack is designed for field replaceability — not just emergency access. A full pack swap takes under two minutes, extending your flight day without waiting for a charge cycle.

Capacity

12 kWh NMC chemistry

High-density nickel manganese cobalt cells selected for peak energy density at the 254 lb gross weight limit. Cell-level BMS monitoring with isolation. 24S architecture at 88V nominal, 100.8V peak charge.

Hot-Swap

Swap in under 2 minutes

The battery pack mounts on a field-accessible rail system with high-current disconnect. No tools required. For owners operating from a home site or private airstrip, a charged spare extends flight sessions indefinitely.

Distribution

AI-managed power routing

The Spectre AI core monitors cell-level state of charge and adjusts ESC power limits in real time, preventing over-draw during aggressive maneuvers with an audible low-voltage warning before reserve threshold.

// The Technology

Defense-tier avionics, civilian-grade access.

Joby. Archer. Lilium. Every billion-dollar eVTOL program is racing to clear FAA Type Certification — a 5-10 year, $500M+ regulatory marathon. Fantom takes a different path.

FAR Part 103

No certification required.

The FAA's ultralight category. Aircraft meeting weight, speed, and fuel-capacity limits are exempt from airworthiness certification. The Fantom X is engineered around this envelope from day one.

No License

No pilot's license required.

Part 103 aircraft do not require an FAA pilot certificate. Mandatory training is provided through our owner program — typically 20-30 hours to solo proficiency.

Ship on Day 1

Sell the day it flies.

Type-certified competitors must complete certification before delivering a single unit. We can deliver the day the airframe is complete and the customer is trained.

Proven Path

The same path Pivotal and Jetson took.

Pivotal Helix (Part 103, no license, $190K) and Jetson ONE (Part 103, no license, $98K) have both reached customer delivery. The regulatory model is validated.

// Pilot Interface

Ground control, in the cockpit.

The Fantom X is flown from a full-featured ground control station integrated into the aircraft — the same software architecture used for remote UAS operations, adapted for a crewed cockpit display.

Display

10″ full-HD cockpit display

A 1920×1080 touchscreen runs a custom Flutter GCS application on the Spectre core. Airspeed, altitude, attitude, battery state, motor power, and flight mode rendered at 60 fps on hardware-accelerated UI.

Protocol

MAVLink over USB/Serial

The cockpit display communicates with the Spectre flight controller over MAVLink — a battle-tested telemetry protocol fielded in aviation operations worldwide — running Fantom's own firmware.

Input

Joystick with envelope protection

Pilot inputs are interpreted by the Spectre flight controller, cross-referenced against flight-envelope limits computed on the Spectre AI core, then passed to the ESCs. The pilot commands intent. The aircraft commands execution.

// Safety Architecture

Multiple paths to a safe landing.

Layer 1

Motor redundancy

Quad-rotor configuration with independent motors and ESCs. Loss of one motor remains controllable.

Layer 2

Envelope protection

Real-time flight-envelope monitoring on the Spectre AI core. Software prevents pilot inputs that would exceed safe limits.

Layer 3

Ballistic parachute

Whole-aircraft emergency recovery parachute deployable above minimum deployment height. Operator-actuated.

// Market Reality

The market is small. The capital is not.

eVTOL industry revenue in 2026 is roughly $2.8B — yet public investors already value the six major airframers at many times that figure. Markets don't price the present. They price what flight becomes next.

Combined market value — public eVTOL majorsJune 2026 · USD
$0.0B
Joby + Archer + Beta + Eve + EHang + Vertical
Joby Aviation
$0.0B
Archer Aviation
$0.0B
Beta Technologies
$0.0B
Eve Air Mobility
$0.0B
EHang
$0.0B
Vertical Aerospace
$0.0B
Entire eVTOL market revenue, 2026
$2.8B
Capital is already pricing the category at ≈0× this year's entire industry revenue.
Market capitalizations are approximate public-market figures as of June 2026 and move daily; the combined total reflects the six largest publicly traded eVTOL airframers. Industry revenue estimate per independent research. Past valuations are not indicative of Fantom's prospects. See full disclosure in footer.
// The Thesis

Type-certified competitors are 5–10 years from first revenue. We ship the day the airframe is complete.

Two markets. One platform. Revenue now, scale later.

Joby and Archer are spending billions chasing FAA Type Certification for commercial air taxi operations — a market Fantom intends to compete in as the regulatory environment matures. But they won't see first revenue for years. We ship the day the airframe is complete.

FAR Part 103 is the bridge: no certification required, no pilot license, deliveries starting December 2026. The same defense-tier avionics stack we're building today — the proprietary Fantom Spectre flight system, with 275 TOPS of edge-AI and 360° LiDAR — is the foundation for commercial-scale VTOL operations in Phase 2.

// Where We Sit

The $200M cap, in context.

The SAFE valuation cap is the ceiling at which investor SAFEs convert at the next priced round — it is not a current valuation. We selected $200M because it positions Fantom alongside the established personal-eVTOL category leaders without claiming parity to type-certified air-taxi programs trading on public markets.

Joby Aviation
$9.5B
Archer Aviation
$4.2B
Beta Technologies
$4.1B
Pivotal (Helix)
$200M
Jetson Aero
$175M
Fantom — SAFE Cap
$200M
Public company valuations from market capitalization at most recent close. Private company valuations are illustrative figures derived from publicly available reporting and industry analysis. Fantom's SAFE cap is a ceiling for conversion, not a current company valuation. See full disclosure in footer.
// The Feeling

Concepts in flight.

What you're watching lives in our pipeline — design futures we're flying toward, not inventory we're selling today. The aircraft is real. The rest is where it's headed.

Concept film · Forward-looking renders · Fantom Creative
// Ownership

From deposit to first flight.

The Fantom X is built to order. Once your reservation is placed, your build enters production in queue order — Fantom estimates your timing from current manufacturing throughput and your position in line.

Step 1

Reserve

Non-refundable deposit secures your position in the production queue.

Step 2

Production slot confirmation

Your build is slotted into production by order in the queue. Because each aircraft is hand-built, timing is an estimate based on manufacturing throughput and your spot in line.

Step 3

Build begins · 50% payment

Within ~2 weeks of your slot opening, you're emailed for the 50% payment that begins production.

Step 4

Production

From the start of your build, production takes 12–16 weeks — your aircraft assembled to your exact configuration.

Step 5

Testing & flight videos

When your aircraft is finished, testing begins. We send you flight videos of your actual aircraft before the final payment.

Step 6

Final 50% & delivery

The final 50% is due, then delivery details and flight training are arranged at KMVL · Morrisville-Stowe State Airport, Vermont.

First deliveries — December 2026, first 100 reservation holders FAR Part 103 airspace · No pilot license required · mandatory training provided
// About Fantom

Built in Vermont. Engineered without compromise.

Fantom Aero LLC is a Wyoming limited liability company operating from Stowe, Vermont, with manufacturing operations centered at the Morrisville-Stowe State Airport. We are building the first US-domiciled Part 103 eVTOL aircraft engineered around sculptural design, defense-tier avionics, and license-free flight.

Built in Vermont

Engineered in Stowe.

The Fantom X airframe, the Spectre avionics suite, and the ground-control software are developed in-house in Stowe, Vermont — hardware, software, and regulatory work under one roof.

One campus · KMVL

Infrastructure, test flights & training.

All manufacturing, flight testing, and owner training take place at Morrisville-Stowe State Airport (KMVL), on a 25-year campus lease — from first weld to first solo, in one place.

Horizon 01 · Now

FAR Part 103 — straight to market.

The FAA's ultralight category exempts compliant single-seat aircraft from airworthiness certification, pilot certification, and registration. When the airframe is complete, we ship. First customer deliveries are scheduled for December 2026.

Horizon 02 · Commercial

VTOL air mobility at commercial scale.

Fantom's avionics stack is purpose-built for autonomous capability. The consumer single-seater is Phase 1. Commercial multi-seat air mobility operations are the long horizon this company is engineered toward.

Location

Morrisville-Stowe State Airport

Direct airside access. Established Vermont aviation community. 30 minutes from Stowe Village. Two 60×80 hangars planned for manufacturing, flight test, and customer delivery.

Term

25-year ground lease

Long-tenor commitment to the site. All-electric heat pump infrastructure designed for hangar build-out.

Status

Act 250 permit in progress

Vermont Act 250 environmental permit application filed for the aviation manufacturing facility.

// Milestones

From founding to first delivery.

2026 Q1

Fantom Aero LLC founded

Wyoming LLC · operations based in Stowe, Vermont

2026 Q1

25-year ground lease signed at KMVL

Morrisville-Stowe State Airport · hangar build-out planned

2026 Q1

First full prototype completed

Airframe, avionics, battery pack — all systems integrated

2026 Q2

First successful flight

Fantom X maiden flight · all performance targets achieved

2026 Q2

Flight test and ground systems program

500+ combined hours · flight, ground systems, and simulator

2026 Q2

Series Seed open to accredited investors

SAFE at $200M cap · 506(b) private placement

2026 Q4

First customer deliveries — December 2026

First 100 reservation holders · KMVL delivery operations

// Reserve Your Aircraft

Two ways to own the Fantom X.

Standard Edition secures your position in the delivery queue. Founders Edition places you among the first owners — with custom livery, a private delivery experience, and a founder's plaque on your aircraft.

Standard Edition
$1,000
Non-refundable
  • Delivery queue position by deposit order
  • MSRP locked at $228,000
  • Configuration access 90 days before delivery
  • Full deposit credited to purchase price
  • Mandatory flight training included
Aircraft MSRP $228,000
Deposit credited $1,000
Final balance $227,000
Founders Edition — Only 7 available
$10,000
Non-refundable
  • Night vision and thermal 360° pan gimbal camera with AI tracking
  • Full live video feed integrated into cockpit display
  • SLAM/VIO vision system for GPS-independent navigation
  • Bespoke seat configuration fitted to owner dimensions
  • Custom monitor length and cockpit layout
  • One of only 7 Founders Edition aircraft ever produced
  • MSRP locked at $228,000 · full deposit credited
Aircraft MSRP $228,000
Deposit credited $10,000
Final balance $218,000
// Questions

Common reservation questions.

What is the difference between Standard and Founders Edition?

Hardware and configuration. Founders Edition aircraft are equipped with a night vision and thermal 360° pan gimbal camera with AI tracking, integrated live video in the cockpit display, a SLAM/VIO vision system for GPS-independent navigation, a bespoke seat and cushions fitted to the owner's dimensions, and a custom monitor length and cockpit layout. Only 7 Founders Edition aircraft will ever be produced. Both editions lock the same $228,000 MSRP with the full deposit credited to purchase.

Are the deposits refundable?

No. Both the $1,000 Standard deposit and the $10,000 Founders deposit are non-refundable. By submitting a reservation you are acknowledging and agreeing to this policy. Full terms are in the Reservation Agreement.

What does the $228,000 MSRP include?

Base aircraft with standard configuration, ballistic parachute, ground control station display, and initial training package. Founders Edition adds the night vision/thermal gimbal system, bespoke seating, and custom cockpit configuration at no additional charge.

When will the first aircraft deliver?

First deliveries are targeted for December 2026. Detailed milestones are shared with reservation holders as they become firm.

Do I need a pilot's license?

No. The Fantom X is engineered to fall within FAR Part 103, the FAA's ultralight category. No pilot certificate is required. Training is mandatory and provided through our owner program at no additional charge.

Can I transfer my reservation?

Reservation transfers are permitted subject to a transfer fee and Fantom's written approval. Details in the Reservation Agreement.