LIFT Experience Center · Austin, TX
No pilot’s license and no experience needed. About an hour of training, then you take the controls of an all-electric aircraft, solo.
The experience
Pick a time at the LIFT Experience Center in Austin. Bring friends: several pilots can book the same session.
Check in, sign the waiver and watch the orientation video: what HEXA is, the rules of the air and what to expect today.
Your instructor walks you through the aircraft, the joystick and the flight display, with a propeller in your hands.
Practice the exact flight in our virtual-reality simulator. Your instructor signs you off when you’re ready.
Helmet on. The ground crew walks you to your aircraft, runs the preflight with you and buckles you in.
Press start, take off and fly. Your instructor talks you through every maneuver on the radio, and flight controllers watch every second of your flight.
Safety
HEXA holds its position against the wind and only moves when you ask. Beginner mode limits speed and maneuvers.
Geofences keep you inside the flight area and at a safe height, slowing you smoothly as you near the edge.
Takeoff, landing and return to home each happen at the press of a button.
18 motors (HEXA flies with six out), four flight computers and a whole-aircraft parachute.
Flights
Ground instruction, VR simulator training and a 5–8 minute solo flight with an instructor on the radio.
Your whole flight filmed from several angles and edited into an HD video, ready to share.
Team building, celebrations and private events on the flight line.
Plan an event →No. HEXA flies under the FAA’s Part 103 powered ultralight rules, so no pilot’s license or flying experience is needed. We train you on the day.
Training takes about an hour, from orientation and ground instruction to the VR simulator. Allow two to three hours on site in all, though your visit may end sooner.
Anyone 18 or older who weighs 235 lb or less. No pilot’s license or experience needed.
Flights are in daylight and good weather. If wind or rain cancels your session, you get a full refund or priority rebooking.
HEXA keeps flying with up to six of its 18 motors out, runs on four flight computers and carries a whole-aircraft parachute. You fly inside a geofenced area, in Beginner mode, with an instructor on the radio and flight controllers watching every flight.
Yes. Several pilots can book the same session, and we host private groups and events.
Yes. Add the Video Package ($99) and we’ll film your flight from several angles and edit it into an HD video.
Pick a time at the LIFT Experience Center in Austin.
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