Jetson One: Sweden’s Electric Personal Aircraft Soars to New Heights

The Jetson One offers a realistic taste of electric flight, even if its airtime falls short of the 1960s cartoon’s endless adventures. For pilots weighing under 210 lb, the vehicle—priced at $92,000—provides an affordable entry point into personal aviation. It sold out its entire 12‑unit 2022 run and the 2023 production schedule is already filling up, all while arriving as a partially assembled kit that you can finish at home.

Weighing just 190 lb, the Jetson One combines an aluminum spaceframe with a Formula 1‑inspired carbon‑fiber composite safety cell. Safety is the company’s top priority: the aircraft can continue to fly after losing one of its eight electric motors, thanks to a triple‑redundant flight computer, a LIDAR‑driven terrain‑tracking system, obstacle‑avoidance sensors, a rapid‑deployment ballistic parachute, and hands‑free hover and emergency controls.

Formula 1’s technical dictionary notes that carbon‑fiber composites excel at impact absorption. Compared to steel (≈12 kJ / kg) and aluminum (≈20 kJ / kg), a well‑optimized CFRP structure can reach 40–70 kJ / kg, dramatically reducing the forces experienced during a crash. This technology has protected race drivers who decelerated from 140 mph to zero in 0.78 s—equivalent to falling from over 600 ft—while limiting injuries to minor.

Founded in 2017 by Peter Ternström and Tomasz Patan, Jetson AB set out to “make everyone a pilot.” The company’s first prototype was completed in spring 2018, and the current consumer‑friendly model features a lithium‑ion battery that delivers 20 minutes of flight time for a 187‑lb pilot and a software‑limited top speed of 63 mph.