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When it comes to things that have a reputation for being hard to learn, flying an airplane certainly ranks among the hardest. The Airhart Sling could soon change that, however, as it’s designed to radically automate and simplify the flying process.Cont… Continue reading Super-simplified aircraft promises pilots a car-like flying experience
The US Space Force’s secret-but-not-really-secret spaceplane will carry out a novel maneuver called aerobraking to change its orbit. Instead of using thrusters, the robotic spacecraft will dip into the Earth’s atmosphere to change its trajectory.Contin… Continue reading Not-so-secret spaceplane to use “first-of-a-kind maneuver” to change orbit
Piasecki Aircraft’s Aerial Reconfigurable Embedded System (ARES) tilt-duct VTOL aircraft has completed its maiden flight. On September 6 at Piasecki’s West Helipad in Essington, Pennsylvania the autonomous rotorcraft made two tethered hover flights.Con… Continue reading Watch: Modular tilt-rotor aircraft makes maiden flight
Piasecki Aircraft’s Aerial Reconfigurable Embedded System (ARES) tilt-duct VTOL aircraft has completed its maiden flight. On September 6 at Piasecki’s West Helipad in Essington, Pennsylvania the autonomous rotorcraft made two tethered hover flights.Con… Continue reading Watch: Modular tilt-rotor aircraft makes maiden flight
If you want to get high-speed internet to people in remote communities, why not simply beam it to them from a high-flying blimp-like aircraft? That’s just one of the proposed purposes of the Sceye HAPS, which uses solar power to hover in the stratosphe… Continue reading Solar silver flyer takes to the sky to boost internet access on the ground
For the first time, scientists have discovered that hippos get significant airtime when they’re at full-trot, able to lift their enormous bodies off the ground for around 15% of their stride. It’s unique among mammals their size, with both elephants an… Continue reading Hippos get airborne at top speed, and we’ve somehow only just found out
The US Air Force has released a video of the maiden flight of its XQ-67A demonstrator drone. Taken on February 28, 2024, the footage shows the autonomous aircraft strutting its stuff in the skies over Gray Butte Field Airport, Palmdale, California.Cont… Continue reading Video: USAF shows off cutting-edge X-67A’s maiden flight
In a world first, scientists have discovered that painted lady butterflies (Vanessa cardui) have used favorable winds and a strategy of active flying and autopilot to fly across the world without stops, covering at least 4,200 km (2,600 miles). They be… Continue reading Butterfly takes epic 2,600-mile transatlantic flight, stuns scientists
Quadcopter drones may be agile but they’re also relatively wide and delicate, limiting their potential uses. The Morphy drone addresses these drawbacks with flexible propeller arms which allow it to basically just squeeze its way through narrow spaces…. Continue reading Mighty morphin’ power drone uses flexy arms to squeeze through gaps
Multirotor drones may get all the glory, but fully rotating “monocopters” are actually much more energy-efficient. A new one distinguishes itself even further, as it can squeeze through narrow spaces or drop like a falcon by reducing its wingspan while… Continue reading Seed-inspired one-winged drone shortens its wingspan to boost agility