Skyryse, an LA-area startup, achieved a Guinness World Record for completing the world's first fully automated autorotation emergency landing procedure in a helicopter without human pilot intervention ...

Skyryse has achieved the first-ever fully automated autorotation landing with its modified Robinson R66 helicopter, which was equipped with the company's FlightOS highly automated flight control ...

An instructor inadvertently moved the throttle lever from idle aft toward the 'off' position, which resulted in a total loss of engine power. The instructor took the controls, conducted a power-off ...

Huge props to these two helicopter test pilots, who have white-knuckled it through one of the most harrowing experiences in rotorcraft flight – an unpowered autorotation emergency landing – allowing ...

Following on from the completion of flight envelope expansion trials in December 2013, AgustaWestland gave the first customer demonstration flights of the AW609 tiltrotor aircraft in February. This ...

Aviation software and safety technology startup Skyryse has successfully executed the world's first fully automated autorotation emergency landing procedure. This milestone marks one of many ...

Skyryse in July performed what it calls the first fully automated helicopter autorotation emergency landing procedure, according to a Nov. 9 company statement. Skyryse’s technology is a highly ...

One of the basic and most important skills that any human helicopter pilot learns and must practise on a regular basis is the ability to autorotate safely. This is so that in the event of engine or ...

One of their latest achievements was teaching the bot the emergency landing technique autorotation. Autorotation is used when a helicopter’s engine fails or is disengaged and works by changing the ...

This autorotation practice by the author in Montana illustrated a higher rate of descent, reduced rotor RPM build in autorotation, low initial rotor RPM response, the requirement for a higher flare ...