For conventional vertical takeoff and landing rotors on vertical shafts are the most common solution, as seen in helicopters and multirotors. A much less popular solution is the cyclocopter, which ...

This month the MAST (Micro Autonomous Systems and Technology) proram which has been run by the US Army Research Laboratory in Maryland, is wrapping up after ten successful years. MAST co-ordinated and ...

When it comes to VTOLs (vertical take-off and landing), such as helicopters and other aircraft, the most common approach used to lift these vehicles is to use rotors that rotate on a vertical axis. In ...

When Aerospace giants like Boeing and Airbus reveal some ambitious concept for the future of urban aerial transport, most showcase electrically powered variations on multicopters and hybrid aircraft, ...

It’s crazy to think that we’ve optimized the heck out of some types of powered flight when there are entire theories and methods that haven’t even seen many government research dollars, let alone the ...

An illustration of Sverchkov's 1090 Cyclogyro, superimposed behind a concept design for a modern cyclogyro. Modern flight controlers and materials enable the fine degree of control and strength needed ...

What if the future of flight didn’t spin the way we’ve always imagined? Picture an aircraft that hovers effortlessly, maneuvers with surgical precision, and operates so quietly it could glide through ...

MOSCOW, July 30. /TASS/. A vertical take-off and landing cyclocopter drone successfully passed trials in Russia, Advanced Research Foundation CEO Andrei Grigoryev told TASS on Thursday. "Recently, the ...

KUBINKA /Moscow Region/, August 28. /TASS/. Russia’s Advanced Research Fund unveiled the flight demonstrator of the country’s first cyclocopter at the Army-2020 international military and technical ...