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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Nov. 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- In a major breakthrough, aviation software and safety technology startup Skyryse has completed the world's first-ever fully automated autorotation ...

The upcoming US Navy Advanced Helicopter Training System (AHTS) contract is one that Airbus is confident it can win, despite suggestions that expected costs of repeated autorotation manoeuvres could ...

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 ...