Skyryse Calls New Fly-by-Wire Helicopter a ‘Game-Changer’

The company says its new technology makes helicopter flight safer with an innovative design.

Meg Godlewski

Wednesday, February 21, 2024 at 02:14 PM ET

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Kimberly Johnson

Skyryse One features a proprietary operating system designed to provide simplified control and an aircraft-agnostic, triply-redundant, fly-by-wire system. [Courtesy: Skyryse]

Key Takeaways:

Skyryse has introduced the Skyryse One, a groundbreaking fly-by-wire helicopter designed to drastically simplify piloting.
The aircraft replaces complex traditional controls with a single control stick and two touchscreens, powered by its proprietary SkyOS system.
This innovation aims to significantly reduce pilot workload, enhance safety with features like automated autorotation and hover assist, and remove hundreds of potential failure points.
The Skyryse One is positioned as a "game-changer" for vertical flight, aiming for near-zero fatalities, and is available for pre-order at an introductory price of $1.8 million.

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One of the first things an airplane pilot learns when they start training to fly helicopters is that helicopters require much more attention as they have more controls: cyclic, control stick, and two rudder pedals.

And they have always had these controls since Sikorsky invented them in 1942, said Ray Wert, vice president of communications and marketing for Skyryse, the manufacturers of the Skyryse One, the first production fly-by-wire helicopter piloted with a single control stick and two touchscreens.