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Airhart’s new entry-level flying system uses software and hardware to control some, but not all, aspects of flight

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Airhart Aeronautics in Long Beach , California , has developed a new approach to entry-level flying that uses software and hardware to control some, but not all, aspects of flight.

The company is adapting a South Africa -built kit plane called a Sling TSi to use its control system.

It's not the same as an auto pilot, but the act of flying is reduced to two controls: a push- pull-bar on your right that controls how fast you want to go, and a joystick on your left controls where you.

The Sling TSi concept aircraft is controlled by fly-by-wire technology.

The first planes will cost $ 500,000 , but production will start in 2026 .

The plan is to sell 50 of this first batch of planes and sell them for $ 100,000 .

You still have to get a pilot's license.

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