Platform overview
Vertical takeoff with fixed-wing cruise.
Vertex is a hybrid VTOL aircraft in development. It is intended to take off vertically, transition to fixed-wing cruise, and carry small payloads for medical logistics and field operations.
Pulse One aircraft platform
Project Vertex
A hybrid VTOL UAV in development for small medical payloads, emergency response, and field logistics.
In development · Not operational
- Aircraft type
- Hybrid VTOL UAV
- Use case
- Medical payload delivery / field logistics
- Payload target
- About 1.5 to 2 kg
- Development stage
- Hardware refinement
- Status
- In development
Current status
V1 informed the current redesign.
V1 exposed problems with layout, propulsion integration, wiring, manufacturing, and service access. V2 addresses those issues with confirmed hardware, cleaner routing, better cooling, and safer test procedures.
Current development
V2 development priorities
V2 work covers confirmed hardware, maintainable packaging, and staged ground tests before flight-readiness work begins.
Development work · July 2026
01active
Hardware selection
Propulsion, power, flight-control, and support hardware are being confirmed before the final airframe layout.
02active
Airframe redesign
Lessons from V1 are guiding changes to packaging, cable routing, component access, and manufacturing.
03planned
Ground-test preparation
Ground tests will cover propulsion, power, controls, and structure before flight-readiness work begins.
Prototype & design lessons
What the first full-scale build showed
V1 was an integration and manufacturing prototype. It exposed the layout, service, and test changes needed for V2.
- Hardware needs to be confirmed before the final internal layout.
- Batteries, wiring, ESCs, and electronics need better service access.
- Cooling and airflow need to be designed into the aircraft earlier.
- Ground-test access and safety workflow need to be part of the design.
Funding Vertex V2
Help fund the next prototype.
Donations pay for hardware, propulsion components, electronics, airframe materials, payload-bay work, telemetry, test equipment, and replacement parts.
Vertex V2 Summer 2026
$1,100/ $10,000
11%
This is the current campaign total. Round 1 raised $2,327 from 23 donors.