Engineer Tanner Vaughn is getting his talented hands dirty putting together the rear suspension drop test components for an upcoming test. The drop test for the rear suspension was done and passed...
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RUDDER TEST VALIDATED AS PASSED! – February 09, 2022
Lead Engineer David Nobles examined the rudder fly-by-wire mechanism just tested to ensure that there was no evidence of failure, premature wear, scarring of the shaft, or other outness. The rudder...
RUDDER STRENGTH TEST – February 08, 2022
The Switchblade flying sports car fly-by-wire rudder system was tested and passed earlier during endurance testing, but a tear down showed that there may be an issue with a shaft connection. We...
TEST TEAM AT WORK – January 27, 2022
The Switchblade engine test team is hard at work wringing out the new Samson 3 engine and propeller setup. In yesterday's work, we tuned multiple times from idle up to 8,300 rpm. In the image below...
NEWS GEARS INSTALLED! PROP SPINNING AGAIN! – January 25, 2022
After the new gears were installed, we began testing the Samson 3 engine again to check that all things were good with the new gears. As you can see (and hear) in this video, all is working well. In...
GEARS CAME EARLY!! – January 18, 2022
Our final gears for the gearbox came early, so we changed gears. (Bad pun, bad!) We did pull the motor after the initial prop test and removed the gearbox case to get at the gears inside. We then...
SWITCHBLADE MAKES ENGINE MUSIC – January 12, 2022
We just fired up the new Samson 3 engine in the Switchblade, making record time to perform a complete engine swap in less than three months. Initial tests included harmonic analysis, which showed...
SAMSON SWITCHBLADE IS MOST POPULAR FLYING CAR IN HISTORY — NOW HAS RESERVATION HOLDERS IN 50 COUNTRIES!!! – January 10, 2022
We're proud to announce that Samson Sky just hit the 50th country for Reservation Holders! We have people hailing from all over the world, and here at home, we have Reservation Holders in all 50...