Craig Merrett receives funding from the Office of Naval Research and L3Harris. He is affiliated with the American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics, and is a licensed professional engineering ...

Piloting a cruise-capable eVTOL aircraft will be unlike flying anything that's come before it, thanks to fully digital fly-by-wire flight control systems. We jumped in Lilium's motion-rig simulator to ...

How do helicopters fly? They face the same forces that planes do, but they have a special feature to help them hover and go where no plane can. Find out more. Science Trek is available to stream on ...

Watching a bird soar into the sky may seem ordinary. Yet behind this aerial ballet lies precise mechanics where every wingbeat obeys the laws of aerodynamics. Birds don't fly by chance: they ...

A brief introduction into how camera drone controls work with an explanation of three simple practice maneuvers that are guaranteed to improve your flight skills. When you purchase through links on ...