The core innovation here is the fly-by-wire/simplified control scheme. This doesn't exist in any GA aircraft.
As our system has been developed so far, it has negligible impact on the speed and usable load of a base TSi, costing $500k for everything.
As our system has been developed so far, it has negligible impact on the speed and usable load of a base TSi, costing $500k for everything.
You mentioned elsewhere that redundancy means this is unlikely, but is there ever a reversion to "direct law"? Does the plane still have manual trim/rudder/throttle to deal with this, and are the pilots expected to periodically practice using the controls in "direct law"?
Do you have a working plane available for a test flight? :)
We've flown early versions in an test aircraft that we have and are currently integrating the latest version of Airhart Assist (seen in the video) into the Airhart Sling prototype to be flying and giving demos by the end of the year.