55 Pounds of Horizontal Rotors, Texas A&M’s Cyclocopter UAV

55 Pounds of Horizontal Rotors, Texas A&M’s Cyclocopter UAV

Texas A&M’s Advanced Vertical Flight Laboratory has spent years turning a century-old flying idea into something that can actually hold still in the air. Latest result is a 55-pound uncrewed aircraft whose four rotors spin like sideways paddle wheels instead of overhead discs. A recent flight-test video from lab director Moble Benedict shows the machine [...]