Sikorsky notes that the system indicates the potential to upscale the vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) design for larger, ...

The new version is called chAIR, and is electric-powered. The flying machine is lifted by 76 Multistar Elite quadcopter motors. Control is passed through 5 KK 2.1 quadcopter controllers.

Every stepper motor has a stator and rotor, effectively like any other electric motor. Their unique feature is the segmented nature of the stator, forming what are commonly referred to as ‘teeth’.

thrust vectoring. Credit: CycloTech Austria’s CycloTech has completed the first flight of its BlackBird cycloidal-rotor electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) demonstrator. The first ...