Skyryse One empowers pilots with a triply redundant, fly-by-wire system controlled by a single control stick and two touchscreens.
A Los Angeles-based firm has announced the completion of the world’s first fully automated hover at the swipe of a finger in a fully-conforming production aircraft.
Developed by Skyryse, the aircraft performed a textbook-perfect seamless and stable hover.
In a feat akin to the first time a car autonomously pulled out of a parking spot, the fully-conforming production Skyryse One executed the stable, fully automated hover with just a simple swipe of the finger.
Triply-redundant production unit
The accomplishment was then successfully validated numerous times, including with Skyryse CEO Dr. Mark Groden at the controls.
While not the first time Skyryse has achieved hover with the swipe of a finger – having accomplished it countless times in test aircraft, it is the first time it’s been achieved in a fully-conforming, triply-redundant production unit without any backup conventional controls in the cockpit.
Dr. Mark Groden, CEO of Skyryse, stated that until today, every helicopter ever built has taken off using basically the same mechanical controls that Igor Sikorsky used in his first flight 85 years ago.
“This latest accomplishment – following our successful achievement of the world’s first fully-automated autorotation, the world’s first aircraft flown with a single control stick, and the world’s first engine-start with the swipe of a finger – will allow any pilot, regardless of experience level, to achieve a perfect takeoff, every time, with just the swipe of a finger,” said Groden.
Years of rigorous flight testing
The company claims that its success, after years of rigorous flight testing on multiple test platforms, demonstrates the company’s progress toward its mission to make flying simpler and safer and allowing anyone to fly any aircraft.
Skyryse One empowers pilots with a triply redundant, fly-by-wire system controlled by a single control stick and two touchscreens.
Skyryse claims that Skyryse One is built on a Rolls Royce-powered Robinson R66 platform. The company completely reimagined the cockpit design from a blank slate to create the most capable, integrated and simplified aircraft in the world.
Skyryse One is the first inherently stable and safe IFR capable aircraft, which powers on with a single swipe, according to the company.
Powered by SkyOS, Skyryse One’s fly-by-wire technology keeps the pilot in control at all times, working continuously to reduce task saturation and maintaining the aircraft in a safe flight profile.
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