(CercleFinance.com) – Airbus Helicopters announces that its FlightLab demonstrator has successfully tested an electric flight control system in preparation for a new human-machine interface (HMI) which will equip CityAirbus NextGen, Airbus’ eVTOL prototype.
According to the aircraft manufacturer, this constitutes an important step towards the advent of a new generation of electric-powered urban air mobility aircraft.
The pilot’s controls have been considerably simplified thanks to the enhanced piloting assistance provided by the fly-by-wire system: a single control stick replaces the three conventional pilot controls (cyclic, pedal, collective) and is capable of controlling all the axes of the plane.
Thanks to the single stick, the pilot is able to perform all maneuvers: takeoff and landing, climb, descent, acceleration, deceleration, turn and approach.
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