production helicopter<\/a> using just the swipe of a finger on its SkyOS flight software app. The test follows seven years of the company developing the software that it hopes will eventually open up the possibilities of fully automated flight for both fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft.<\/p>\nThe development comes just a month after the company executed a stable, fully automated hover using just the SkyOS application with its \u2018Skyryse One\u2019 specially adapted Robinson R66 testbed aircraft. The accomplishment was then successfully validated numerous times, including with Skyryse\u2019s CEO Dr Mark Groden at the controls of the aircraft.<\/p>\n
According to the company, on each occasion, the aircraft lifted off and transitioned into a seamless and stable hover. This milestone marked the first time that such a feat has been achieved in a fully conforming, triply-redundant production aircraft without any backup conventional controls in the cockpit. With this latest development, the aircraft can now take off and land simply through the use of the SkyOS software installed in the cockpit.<\/p>\n
\u201cUntil today, every helicopter ever built has taken off using the same mechanical controls that Igor Sikorsky used in his first flight 85 years ago,\u201d said Groden. \u201cThis latest accomplishment, following our achievement of the world\u2019s first fully-automated autorotation, the world\u2019s first aircraft flown with a single control stick, and the world\u2019s first engine start with the swipe of a finger, will allow any pilot, regardless of experience level, to achieve a perfect take-off, every time, with just the swipe of a finger.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n