On March 27, 2025, an experimental vehicle called BlackBird rose into the air during its maiden test, powered not by ...

When it comes to VTOLs (vertical take-off and landing), such as helicopters and other aircraft, the most common approach used to lift these vehicles is to use rotors that rotate on a vertical axis. In ...

Austrian startup CycloTech has begun tethered flight tests of a demonstrator equipped with its cycloidal rotor technology for vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft. Flown indoors initially, the ...

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 ...

In the rapidly evolving world of robotics, the demand for high-performance and reliable motion components has never been more critical. With the advent of Cone Drive’s cutting-edge Cycloidal Gearing ...

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 ...

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 ...

KUBINKA /Moscow Region/, August 28. /TASS/. Russia’s Advanced Research Fund unveiled the flight demonstrator of the country’s first cyclocopter at the Army-2020 international military and technical ...