CycloTech Building Bigger CycloRotor eVTOL Propulsion Demo

Graham Warwick November 08, 2024

The BlackBird will have six CycloRotors for redundancy in case of a propulsion unit failure.

Credit: CycloTech
Austria’s CycloTech is building a larger demonstrator to showcase the potential of its cycloidal-rotor electric propulsion system for drones and air taxis. The BlackBird demonstrator is planned to fly in early 2025 equipped with the company’s seventh-generation CycloRotor propulsion units. CycloTech...
Graham Warwick

Graham leads Aviation Week's coverage of technology, focusing on engineering and technology across the aerospace industry, with a special focus on identifying technologies of strategic importance to aviation, aerospace and defense.

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