Turbulence Solutions has demonstrated its real-time Turbulence Cancelling System (TCS) aboard a piloted test aircraft, showing more than 80% reduction in turbulence-induced vertical acceleration. Designed for use in both fixed-wing and advanced air mobility (AAM) aircraft, the technology uses sensors on the leading edge of the aircraft’s wing and active control surface deflections to counteract turbulent air in real time.
The company’s demonstrator aircraft—a Shark 600 dubbed Steady Eddy—has flown public demo missions and made appearances at Aero Friedrichshafen in Germany and Australia's Avalon 2025.
Using real-time differential pressure sensors positioned on the leading edge of the aircraft’s wings, the TCS system anticipates incoming turbulence and responds with control surface movements that dampen vertical motion. Flight data from a test campaign with a Colomban MC-30 Luciole showed a drop in measured vertical g-loads from 0.4 g to 0.1 g, and root mean square acceleration reduced from 1.31 m/s² to below 0.39 m/s².
Turbulence Solutions emerged from a research initiative at Vienna University of Technology and was founded in 2018. The company has since patented TCS, which it says is scalable across multiple aircraft types, including tiltrotor and lift-and-cruise configurations in the AAM sector.
A push to mitigate turbulence comes as studies project worsening in-flight conditions linked to climate change. A 2023 report from the University of Reading noted a 55% increase in severe clear-air turbulence over the North Atlantic in the past four decades. NASA has projected that such events could double by 2050.
This increase may also limit public adoption of small aircraft in urban or regional air mobility roles. A Berkeley survey cited by Turbulence Solutions found that 52% of respondents were reluctant to fly in urban air vehicles, even in light turbulence.
TCS will be on display at the 2025 Paris Air Show. The company is offering subsidized turbulence assessments for two early-stage aircraft programs, as well as development support for qualified platforms. Demo flights are expected to continue at the upcoming Rotax Fly-In in Wels, Austria.