Los Angeles based company, Skyryse wants to bring a new era in flight with fatalities reduced to near zero. Piloting any aircraft should be simple and safe thanks to SkyOS system which powers their first aircraft Skyryse One. The operating system gives a pilot greater control by simplifying the management of an aircraft during standard flight operations and emergencies.
Skyryse One can be operated with a single control stick and two touch screens. It’s not just a helicopter, it promises the most integrated, elevated, and simplified aircraft in the world. Simply by replacing those decades-old mechanical controls and removing hundreds of possible points of aircraft failure, Skyryse One has completely redesigned cockpit area from a blank state to build something new.
At first sight, you might think Skyryse One looks just like any other helicopter, but that’s the only similarities. In conventional vertical flight, pilots have to juggle four controls simultaneously, using both hands and both feet just to keep the helicopter airborne. Skyryse One wants to change the game.
Through SkyOS system, Skyryse wants to bring a new level of simplicity and safety to aviation industry. Fly-By-Wire Flight System (not autopilot) provides a true full four-axis flight control system. Dynamic Envelope Protection combines pilot inputs, environmental conditions, aircraft status, and flight parameters to keep everyone in a safe envelope. The operating system also recognizes a power failure really quick, it automatically turns into an autorotation mode, automating the glide, flare, and set-down, with the pilot in control.
Skyryse One is capable to do auto-pickup and set-down at pilot’s command with just one simple swipe on the screen. The system also assists pilot to maintain a hover at their command without the need of a complex synchronization. Even when the pilot needs to let go of the controls, this helicopter will stay inside a safe flight mode.
This is a terrible idea. There’s a reason modern helicopters haven’t adopted this control system.
But they already have several working prototypes