kuickwheel's flying tricycle skyrider X6 can hover on its own

Kuickwheel’s flying tricycle Skyrider X6 for land and air

Kuickwheel introduces Skyrider X6, a flying electric tricycle for land and air that can take off, hover, and touch down on its own. Unveiled on June 16th, 2025, the enterprise put it up for bidding on the e-commerce platform JD.com, and the event lasted for over four hours before it got sold. So far, the flying tricycle, which the company describes as a motorcycle, can take off and land on its own and also features automatic route planning and cruising, which allow the rider to just enjoy the views from above. For those who want to control it, the manual mode and joystick control are still present, with the wheel inspired by the ones found in car-racing arcade games.

Kuickwheel’s flying tricycle Skyrider X6 has a reversed three-wheel design. Instead of the typical two wheels at the front and one at the rear, it’s the opposite for this model, combined with a mid-mounted rear-wheel drive power that stabilizes the personal aircraft when it lands. The company says that because of this design, the eVTOL-like vehicle can also take sharp turns at high speeds, all the while maintaining a stable posture while cruising on land. For the body of the vehicle, the design team uses carbon fiber and aviation-grade aluminum, making the personal aircraft lightweight and robust enough for land and air.

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Parachute that deploys automatically in case of emergencies

Some of the safety features included in Kuickwheel’s flying tricycle Skyrider X6 are the power redundancy and backup systems. For the former, the multiple exposed rotors work together, and if one of them stops working mid-flight, the others can keep the personal aircraft floating without crashing. For the latter, these are in the flight controls, helping the hovering motorcycle be stable even if the rider cruises through bad weather conditions. In this case, when a system fails, another one can take over to keep the flight going. During crucial times, there’s also an emergency parachute on board, which will automatically be deployed to bring the aircraft down safely on land.

Kuickwheel’s flying tricycle Skyrider X6 runs on a large battery, around 10.5 kilowatt-hours. The owner can charge it using the same fast chargers made for electric cars, and the company says that it only takes an hour for the hovering motorcycle to be fully charged. When not used in the air, the personal aircraft works like a motorcycle on land, equipped with an electric motor that can go up to 70 km/h and travel up to 200 kilometers on a single charge. When the user needs to take off, Kuickwheel’s flying tricycle Skyrider X6 uses six exposed rotors to lift the vehicle off the ground and start cruising in the air. It can fly at speeds up to 72 km/h and stay in the air for about 20 minutes. So far, one model has been sold during the bidding event, and there’s no news yet on its commercial availability.

the personal aircraft has exposed rotors to lift it off the ground