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【Israel Air One Personal eVTOL Begins Full Flight Test】 Air's first full-scale eVTOL prototype has received airworthiness clearance and has begun flight testing. The Air One is an attractive winged two-seater manned multicopter designed for personal ownership and fun flying power for $150,000. Date created   The Tel Aviv-based company is moving fast. The Air emerged from stealth nearly a year ago, debuting its full-scale prototype at the Kentucky Derby a few months ago, and test-flying some smaller-scale prototypes of its design. Now, the full-scale machine is in the air and testing is underway. Aircraft type and shape   While it may look like a winged aircraft, or a lift-and-cruise eVTOL, it's actually an eight-prop coaxial multi-rotor with a slight twist in the form of two fairly raked wings. Without a dedicated forward propulsion system, this thing would fly on pitch like any other multirotor. It doesn't have an efficient flight mode that's entirely carried by the wi...