RotorSchmiede proudly announces the First Flight of its single-seat, ultralight coaxial helicopter VA115. On March 22nd, 2017, the fully-instrumented VA115 prototype was able to prove its agility and precision during sunny spring weather. It was a very successful start to the extensive flight testing of the VA115 and an unforgettable day for Andrej Vlasov and Vitali Brandt, the fathers of the project.

Prior to this, the certification team of RotorSchmiede under the guidance of Dr. Hanns-Walter Schulz has planned and prepared flight tests in intensive cooperation with Luftfahrtbundesamt (LBA), Oskar-Ursinus-Vereinigung (OUV) and the Deutsche Ultraleichtflugverband (DULV). The excellent cooperation resulted in the “Permit to Fly” approval by the DULV in January 2017, only a few weeks after the German Government set in place the legal requirements for the UL-helicopter class in Germany in December 2016. With the registration D-MPVA for the VA115, RotorSchmiede was the first company to obtain an official approval…

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