Cycloidal propulsion systems represent an innovative class of marine and aerospace thrusters that employ a series of continuously rotating blades to generate thrust in multiple directions. This design ...
The BlackBird will have six CycloRotors for redundancy in case of a propulsion unit failure. Credit: CycloTech Austria’s CycloTech is building a larger demonstrator to showcase the potential of its ...
The aircraft lifted only briefly off the ground, hovering under remote control. Still, the moment mattered. On March 27, 2025, an experimental vehicle called BlackBird rose into the air during its ...
The BlackBird has six CycloRotor propulsion units arranged to enable 360-deg. thrust vectoring. Credit: CycloTech Austria’s CycloTech has completed the first flight of its BlackBird cycloidal-rotor ...