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:

The Skyryse One is introduced as the first production fly-by-wire helicopter, simplifying piloting from four traditional controls to a single stick and two touchscreens.
Powered by the SkyOS system, it significantly enhances flight safety and ease-of-use with features like automated autorotation, hover assist, and dynamic envelope protection.
Skyryse aims to make helicopter flight nearly fatality-free and widely accessible, offering the IFR-capable Skyryse One 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.