On March 27, 2025, an experimental vehicle called BlackBird rose into the air during its maiden test, powered not by ...
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 ...
Cycloidal drives have an entrancing motion, as well as a few other advantages – high torque and efficiency, low backlash, and compactness among them. However, much as [Sergei Mishin] likes them, it ...
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 ...