Our flying car prototype passed the FAA inspection required for Experimental Aircraft registration, clearing the way for flight testing to begin! Getting to this point of readiness was the result of...
One of the steps needed to get the Switchblade ready for the FAA inspection prior to first flight was to put the FAA registration numbers, typically called N numbers in the US, onto the aircraft....
Sam Bousfield, designer of the Switchblade Flying Sports Car, is shown here sitting in the cockpit and checking over the avionics. We're making sure everything is operating properly and are happy to...
A pilot uses rudder pedals to move the tail rudder (or in our case rudders), left and right. This points the nose left or right, and is used to keep the aircraft tracking correctly in turns, among...
Body worked and newly painted, the propeller duct is looking good! You can see the space where the tail boom slides in and out, in the lower part of the photo, upside down from how it looks on the...
Now that they've been painted, we balanced the tail elevators to ensure they won't flutter. This is for added safety. After doing the balancing, David Nobles (left) and Sean Bliss are shown here...
Now that we've painted the majority of the carbon fiber parts for the Switchblade, we are bolting up the parts again so we can have a finished vehicle ready for FAA inspection. In this image we have...
The Switchblade body and tail were painted over the holiday weekend, and are now back in the hangar. The paint turned out great, thanks to our 'painter' (Samson Engineer Tanner Vaughn), Ronald...