Production Switchblades will have hinged doors, just like a typical car. And the side windows (in the doors) will be power windows. The prototype however, if different. Here you can see one of the...

Production Switchblades will have hinged doors, just like a typical car. And the side windows (in the doors) will be power windows. The prototype however, if different. Here you can see one of the...
2022 is the year of the Switchblade and we wanted to celebrate that yesterday we reached and blew past Reservation Position 2,022!! A pilot from Oro Valley, Arizona has this lucky number! In the...
In the image below, the test pilot is in the Switchblade going over the list of tests to be done that day. Each test builds on the last one, and each provides certain data that the Test Team is...
To celebrate passing the FAA inspection (giving us approval for flight testing), and to bring the Team together for this new phase, we donned our new Switchblade Flight Test Crew yellow shirts. The...
As part of our high-speed taxi testing, we adjusted the propeller angle and ran several times at each setting to spot whether there was an increase or decrease in top speed and acceleration rate....
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...