Skyryse, aviation software and safety technology startup has recently completed the world’s first-ever fully automated autorotation emergency landing procedure. The technology is a highly automated flight control system capable of being installed on any aircraft. Being the the first and only system that works with the pilot through a reimagined HMI (Human Machine Interface) the technology can manage complex emergency procedures like failure of a helicopter engine.
When the helicopter engine fails, the pilot has less than two seconds to perform a fully manual series of multiple control movements in a maneuver called an autorotation. Today’s complex control systems do not allow the helicopter to automate this manoeuvre till now.