Engineer Tanner Vaughn is machining one of several custom brackets we're making out of 775 aluminum. These will hold the pulleys for the cable control system for the tail rudder and elevator....
After some recent speed tests, we took a moment to line up the compass in the Switchblade cockpit with this big airport compass, to verify that our heading was spot on. It was. And yes, we know...
After a long day of high speed taxi testing, the Samson Test Team goofed off when the photographer was trying to get a serious pose out of them. They earned their frivolity, as the recent successful...
National Aviation Day in the U.S. celebrates the many innovations in aviation and it is fittingly set on Orville Wright's birthday. Thank you for being part of our Switchblade Flying Car Team and...
For us, part of the process in flight testing is to check different propeller blade angles, as this relates to acceleration and top speed. The purpose is to see what prop angles will give us the...
The overall goal was to test acceleration at speeds higher than our estimated take-off speed of 88 mph. We did a total of 10 runs, all of which were over 90 mph!! Our driver, Sam Bousfield confirmed...
While waiting for the test pilot's next availability, Sam Bousfield took the wheel once again. The wings were removed for these speed runs, to make sure there was no risk of the Switchblade getting...
One of the tried and true tools for flight testing is to tape small strips of yarn to a flying surface, in this case the horizontal and vertical tail structure. The GoPro cameras record video of the...