You have heard before that we are designing and testing to certified aircraft standards. One of these tests is just darn brutal, and that is a drop test of suspension. This was the latest test, and...
That description is not far off. The second tail test had us place a total of 1,000 pounds on the horizontal portion of the tail. That means this small carbon fiber structure weighing about 30...
We have two major tests to accomplish before we can get back to taxi and then flight testing. The first was a tail structural test with the tail attached to the boom and tube frame. The tail test is...
The Switchblade tail structure was in a custom fixture at this point, as we leveled the wings and were mounting the tail to the tail boom and body. Once the tail was in place, we drilled the...
Our initial drop test of the Switchblade rear suspension showed that we passed the drop test requirements, but the forces developed that the tube frame would have to absorb were higher than the tube...
Now that the new ducts for the intercooler were fitted and all worked out, we are final mounting the intercooler that cools the intake air after the turbo compresses it going into the engine. The...
To improve the functionality of the prototype, Electrical Tech Phillip Mikula relocated three controls from the dash to the throttle. The pitch trim is the button on the top left (pilot side), the...
In the last post we described leveling the main wings. The next step of mounting the tail to the body is to put the tail horizontal wings on a structure that can be slightly adjusted up or down. In...