Skyryse Demonstrates Automated Helicopter Autorotation

A Skyryse-equipped Robinson R66 completed its first full automated autorotation on July 22 at a Los Angeles-area test site.

Credit: Skyryse
U.S. startup Skyryse has conducted the first fully automated autorotation emergency landing in a helicopter as part of its development of a fly-by-wire simplified flight control system for multiple fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft types. The first automated autorotation from altitude to the ground...
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