Skyryse One completes fully automated landing
February 6, 2025
California-based aerospace company Skyryse has completed what it calls “the world’s first fully-automated set-down at the swipe of a finger,” with its SkyOS operating system successfully controlling a retrofitted Robinson R66.
Skyryse describes its proprietary SkyOS system as “the world’s first universal operating system for flight;” replacing “antiquated mechanical controls” with a triple-redundant, fly-by-wire system controlled by a single four-axis control stick and two touchscreens. With no collective, cyclic, pedals or manual gauges, the aircraft also provides fully-automated autorotation.
Its Skyryse One test platform, built on a Rolls Royce-powered R66, uses the SkyOS operating platform to “keep the pilot in control at all time, working continuously to reduce task saturation and maintaining the aircraft in safe flight profile,” explains Skyryse. After demonstrating the system executing a “stable, fully automated hover with just a simple swipe of the finger” last month, the company has now replicated the mission with a safe set-down manoeuvre.
Although the SkyOs system has been developed as a platform-agnostic solution, Skyryse expects deliveries of its R66 product to commence later this year.
