Skyryse, the creator of operating system SkyOS, has revealed the updated production cockpit for its Skyryse One aircraft, a Robinson R66 helicopter modified with the SkyOS operating system. The scalable design reflects Skyryse's mission to empower anyone to pilot any aircraft.

Bringing Skyryse's mission to life requires creating simple designs and engineering that scale across any aircraft. The updated Skyryse One interior enables enhanced access to flight controls from both front seats while offering a streamlined design, speeding acceptance and approval of the technology as it is applied to any aircraft platform.

“The benefit of digitising the controls is that it gives us the flexibility to create the most ergonomically advanced cockpit ever designed,” says Skyryse CEO Mark Groden. “This updated design not only makes the aircraft easier and safer to operate but also allows us to create a truly modern cockpit that will become the standard for aviation.”

Key to the process were the recent additions of George Evans as lead human factors engineer and Pete Blades as VP of design to the Skyryse team. Drawing from their extensive experience designing interiors for Tesla and other automakers, Blades, Evans and team developed an updated design for Skyryse One that will accelerate the ability for Skyryse to scale adoption and certification of SkyOS.

“Starting our scalable interior design journey with Skyryse One was critical to our mission,” says Blades. “This new, updated and upgraded pilot-centric design is flexible enough to give us the ability to implement SkyOS in any aircraft no matter the size, form factor or use case.”

“Thanks to the full digitisation of the control systems, SkyOS allows us to focus on ergonomics in a way that's never been seen before in aircraft,” adds Evans. “Rather than being limited by the constraints of the airframe, we were able to truly put the pilot at the centre of our design process for Skyryse One.”