TA_AERO 01 is TheArsenale's single-seat quad-rotor eVTOL, engineered to fly inside the FAA's ultralight category — no pilot's license, no airworthiness certification, no waiting on a regulator. Reserve your position now.
Every spec below is measured against one ceiling: FAR Part 103, the FAA's ultralight category. Stay inside it and TA_AERO 01 needs no airworthiness certificate and no pilot's license to fly.
Single-seat, quad-rotor ultralight eVTOL. Built to order, delivered ready to fly.
*Pricing shown is a working placeholder pending final MSRP confirmation — update before publishing live.
TA_AERO 01 pairs a carbon-and-aluminum airframe with a quad-rotor propulsion layout and a triple-redundant flight computer — built so that no single failure ends the flight.
A proprietary flight computer with triple-redundant IMUs and onboard edge-AI compute for real-time flight-envelope protection — built and validated in-house, not adapted from a hobby-grade controller.
Full-hemisphere sensing during hover, approach, and landing, feeding the flight computer obstacle data optical cameras alone would miss.
A field-accessible battery rail lets you swap a depleted pack for a charged one in under two minutes — no tools, no waiting on a charge cycle.
A bolted aluminum tube frame carries the structural load; carbon fiber panels handle aerodynamic surfacing. Every gram is budgeted against the Part 103 gross weight ceiling.
Each rotor arm carries its own motor and ESC on an isolated power path. Loss of one motor stays within a recoverable flight envelope.
A whole-aircraft recovery parachute ships as standard equipment, layered on top of motor and ESC redundancy — not sold as an option.
Type-certified eVTOL programs are years and hundreds of millions of dollars from first delivery. TA_AERO 01 takes the ultralight path instead: a category that already exists, with rules that are already final.
FAR Part 103 exempts compliant single-seat ultralights from FAA type and airworthiness certification entirely.
Part 103 aircraft require no FAA pilot certificate or medical. We provide mandatory owner training regardless.
No N-number, no registration filing — the same exemption that covers powered parachutes and ultralight fixed-wing today.
Eligibility comes down to an engineering number: empty weight under 254 lb (115 kg). It's verifiable, not negotiable.
TheArsenale is the U.S. delivery and support partner bringing this airframe to American owners — importing, inspecting, and preparing every aircraft before it reaches you.
A refundable-deposit reservation secures your place in the delivery queue and locks your configuration pricing.
Confirm your build options and complete payment ahead of your production slot.
Your aircraft is built to order at our manufacturing partner's facility in Shenzhen, China, under the same process used for aircraft already flying in the U.S. and Europe.
TheArsenale handles customs clearance and import, then inspects every aircraft against Part 103 weight and performance limits before it ships to you.
Your aircraft arrives with a mandatory owner training program to bring you to solo proficiency — no license required, but no shortcuts either.
TheArsenale exists to make personal vertical flight a real, ownable thing — not a decade-long certification program or a billion-dollar air-taxi bet. We identify airframes that already fly, already comply with the rules that matter, and bring them to American owners with the import, inspection, and training work done right.
TA_AERO 01 is built in partnership with our manufacturing partner in China. Every unit is inspected against FAR Part 103 limits before it reaches a U.S. customer.
Our approach is deliberately narrow: one aircraft, one regulatory category, done properly. As the ultralight eVTOL category matures, so does our production and support infrastructure — training, spare parts, and service, built around owners who fly for the first time without ever sitting a pilot's exam.
No. TA_AERO 01 is engineered to fall within FAR Part 103, the FAA's ultralight category, which requires no pilot certificate, medical, or aircraft registration. Mandatory training is included with every delivery regardless.
A whole-aircraft ballistic recovery parachute ships as standard equipment, layered on top of independent motor/ESC redundancy across all four rotor arms and real-time envelope protection from the onboard flight computer.
TA_AERO 01 is manufactured by our partner in China. TheArsenale handles U.S. customs clearance, import documentation, and a pre-delivery inspection against Part 103 weight limits before your aircraft reaches you.
Reservation terms, including deposit amount and refundability, are detailed in the Reservation Agreement sent after you submit a reservation request. Review it carefully before completing payment.
Listed MSRP covers the base aircraft in the selected configuration. Shipping, import duties, and tariffs are additional and vary by destination — our team confirms your landed cost before final payment.
Part 103 ultralights may not be flown over congested areas and must operate under visual flight rules, with airspace authorization required where applicable. Buyers are responsible for confirming local and state requirements before flight.
Submit a reservation request and our team will follow up with configuration options, current lead times, and your landed cost estimate.
*Placeholder price pending final confirmation.
Questions before you reserve? Email hello@thearsenale.aero
