Bayraktar TB2, Türkiye’s first domestically developed armed uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV), has made aviation history by becoming the first drone to autonomously recover from a spin, a highly dangerous aerodynamic condition, manufacturer Baykar said in a statement Wednesday.
The maneuver, which had never before been successfully performed by a UAV, was executed during a flight test when the TB2 was intentionally placed into a spin – also known as a “spiral dive” – a situation where an aircraft loses balance and rapidly rotates while descending steeply. The drone regained stable flight autonomously through advanced flight control algorithms, demonstrating its capability to recover from critical loss-of-control scenarios without human intervention.
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