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Skyryse advances towards FAA certification

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Skyryse, an aviation hardware and software company and the creator of SkyOS, which the company says is “the world’s first universal operating system for flight”, has been approved to enter for-credit flight testing with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

As the first production helicopter to feature a single control stick and two touch screens, Skyryse One replaces conventional, complex mechanical flight controls with its SkyOS operating system, creating a streamlined, intuitive interface and fly-by-wire system that enhances safety in all flying conditions.

Built on a Rolls Royce-powered Robinson R66 platform, Skyryse One is a landmark advancement in aviation safety and pilot control. [Read more…] about Skyryse advances towards FAA certification

Honeywell to provide flight control technology for unmanned cargo plane

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Pipistrel has selected Honeywell’s Compact Fly-By-Wire system for the Nuuva V300 cargo unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), choosing a modern, lightweight, highly capable system with a proven architecture ideally suited for their autonomous cargo UAV.

Fly-by-wire computers act as the “brains” of an aircraft’s flight controls by operating them electronically and can be found inside nearly all large fixed-wing aircraft today.

The compact version from Honeywell has features derived from decades of expertise in fly-by-wire systems for airliners, but it’s much smaller – roughly the size of a paperback book. [Read more…] about Honeywell to provide flight control technology for unmanned cargo plane