Austrian aviation company CycloTech is preparing to test a new electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft demonstrator featuring its innovative “CycloRotor” propulsion system. The company ...

The aircraft lifted only briefly off the ground, hovering under remote control. Still, the moment mattered. On March 27, 2025, an experimental vehicle called BlackBird rose into the air during its ...

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 ...

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 ...

Austrian company Cyclotech is planning to begin flight-testing an 80-kg (176-lb) demonstrator of its unique electric VTOL airframe, which uses Voith-Schneider propellers instead of rotors for ...

The Austria-based CycloTech, developer of the ingenious and highly versatile CycloRotor technology, has secured a European grant that will help propel its most advanced flight demonstrator so far.

Either way, CycloTech has now designed its first concept aircraft. It's targeted at personal ownership rather than air taxi duties; a buy 'n' fly commuter that'll take off and land in your driveway or ...

8 Apr 2025, 09:03 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu // A VTOL prototype called BlackBird flew for the first time powered by a total of six CycloRotors, a new tech that gives aircraft incredible capabilities.