TAIL BOOM TORTURE TEST - PASSED!!!! - April 22, 2018 Another milestone bites the dust, as the carbon fiber tail boom from Phoenix Composites ended up stronger than our welded steel test stand. We...
Update April 22, 2018
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The Innovations Behind the Switchblade Flying Sports Car
As I write this, I'm reflecting on AirVenture, the annual week-long celebration of all things aviation which is held in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. For 2017, innovation was one of the main threads running...
Update April 19, 2018
Update April 19, 2018 We are setting up to test at a facility north of Prineville, Oregon, called the Oregon Raceway Park. This race venue is a very nice course set in the rolling hills of Central...
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Switchblade Sponsors Flying Car Forum At Sun ‘N Fun 2018
Samson Sky says it’s now holding 615 reservations for its new Switchblade kit-built, flying sports car.
Update 11 April, 2018
Update 11 April, 2018 The engine was bolted into the Ground Test Vehicle using elastomeric (cushioned) engine mounts almost identical to the ones scheduled for the flying prototype. The Samson...
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Soaring Past Reservation Holder 600 Mark
As the aviation world heads to Lakeland, Florida for the 44th annual Sun ‘n Fun Expo and Fly-In this week the Samson Sky organization, developers of the Switchblade flying sports car, reached reservation position 615.
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Blade Runner
Drive it from your garage to the airport. Once there, swing the wings out, and fly to your destination at up to 200 mph, at altitudes of 10,000 feet, at a top speed of 175 mph.
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Samson Sky Switchblade Flying Car Set To Start Road Tests
Samson Sky now has a road-going prototype of the Switchblade and more than 600 order reservations for the production version of what the Oregon-based company has dubbed the world’s first “flying sports car.”