CycloTech's 750-lb CycloRotor-powered eVTOL aims for takeoff in 2025
LINZ, Austria - Austrian aviation company CycloTech has revealed it's building a demonstrator version of an eVTOL to showcase its propulsion system for electric flight. The firm is hoping to take the wraps off its BlackBird flying car by the end of this year, and commence test flights in early 2025, Abhimanyu Ghoshal writes for New Atlas.
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11 November 2024 - "CycloTech is the only company in the world currently working on the commercial application of CycloRotors as the main propulsion system," says Hans-Georg Kinsky, CEO of CycloTech. "We are positioning ourselves as a supplier of drive systems for electric flight. With our BlackBird, we are showing how this innovative technology will open up the market for flying cars."
CycloTech says the 360° thrust vector control enables the aircraft to brake and stop in mid-air, thus increasing control and safety, especially in busy airspace. The two CycloRotors in the longitudinal axis of the aircraft enable lateral flight without banking the aircraft and increased maneuvrability.
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