Horizon Aircraft selected BETA Technologies' fly-by-wire flight control system for the Cavorite X7 as the hybrid-electric VTOL advances toward certification. BETA Technologies provides the fly-by-wire ...

Thales has confirmed that it will be supplying the latest version of its flight control computers to Gulfstream for their G400 and G800 business jets. Gulfstream revealed the two all-new aircraft ...

NASA and partner Lockheed Martin are evaluating a newly discovered flight-control problem with the agency’s X-59 supersonic demonstrator jet, and have moved the aircraft back inside for evaluation.

A Skyryse employee demonstrates a tablet designed by the company to replace the traditional stick, rudders and cyclic used to control a helicopter. A licensed driver can easily hop behind the wheel of ...

All of them? If you're talking about a commercial airliner, then there's hundreds and hundreds. There are big, fat manuals describing what they all do. But, since you asked, buckle up. Every airplane ...

Answer: In a fly-by-wire aircraft, the pilot inputs commands via a sidestick or yoke to a computer. The computer then directs the hydraulic or electric actuator to deflect a flight control surface.

Inverted Quadcopter? That generally means a crash is soon to follow. Not so for a new crop of quadcopter fliers. These new quadcopters are capable of sustained inverted flight. We’ve seen inverted ...

Dassault’s Falcon business jets have long been praised for their fuel efficiency and flying qualities, and its current flagship Falcon 8X is no exception. Compared to the Gulfstream GVII-G500 that I ...

From our very first flight lessons we were taught to check for “full and free correct movement” of flight controls. Every preflight, whether it is for a normal flight or a post-maintenance test flight ...

24 people were left injured after an Air India Airbus A320neo flight from Phuket to Delhi lost key flight controls. The ...

Turtle Beach has announced the availability to preorder its new VelocityOne Flightdeck offering owners a chance to experience a premium simulation HOTAS system. The VelocityOne Flightdeck is a ...