Tag Archives: Helicopter

Ukrainian drone operators are increasingly taking the fight to the Russian helicopters operating over and around the battlefield, by intercepting them with first-person view (FPV) drones. While there has been one previous report of a Russian rotorcraft successfully being attacked by a drone and several videos showing near-misses, the increasing …

Key companies covered are Lockheed Martin Corporation, Airbus SAS, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), Leonardo SPA, Korea Aerospace Industries, Ltd., Bell Helicopter Textron, Robinson Helicopter Company, The Boeing Company, MD Helicopters, Inc., Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd., Russian Helicopters, JSC and more players profiled in the helicopter industry /EIN News/ — Pune, …

Without power and not immediately aware of the cause, the pilot executed an emergency descent over the East River and a survivable landing, the NTSB found. But one of the skid-mounted emergency floats that the pilot activated failed to properly inflate, causing the helicopter to pitch in its direction and …

What makes Skyryse different than other autonomous VTOL projects is that the company’s tech is meant to be added on to existing aircraft rather than building something entirely brand-new. Powering the autonomy in the tests Skyryse conducted is its custom “Flight Stack,” which consists of a set of tools currently …

With the possible exception of Tom Cruise, learning to fly a helicopter demands months of classroom, simulator, and in-air training. The controls feature all the logic of Bop It: Twist one hand, move the other to the left. Push one foot, then the other. Watch the instruments, but don’t forget …