Airbus: tests electric flight controls for eVTOL
(CercleFinance.com) - Airbus Helicopters has announced that its FlightLab demonstrator has successfully tested an electric flight control system in preparation for a new man-machine interface (MMI) that will equip CityAirbus NextGen, the Airbus eVTOL prototype.
The aircraft manufacturer says that this is an important step towards the advent of a new generation of electrically-powered urban air mobility aircraft.
Pilot controls have been considerably simplified thanks to the enhanced piloting assistance provided by the electric flight control system: a single control stick replaces the three conventional pilot controls (cyclic, pedal, collective) and is capable of controlling all its axes.
Thanks to the single stick, the pilot is able to perform all manoeuvers: take-off and landing, climb, descent, acceleration, deceleration, turn and approach.
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The aircraft manufacturer says that this is an important step towards the advent of a new generation of electrically-powered urban air mobility aircraft.
Pilot controls have been considerably simplified thanks to the enhanced piloting assistance provided by the electric flight control system: a single control stick replaces the three conventional pilot controls (cyclic, pedal, collective) and is capable of controlling all its axes.
Thanks to the single stick, the pilot is able to perform all manoeuvers: take-off and landing, climb, descent, acceleration, deceleration, turn and approach.
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