Switchblade Updates

This part is mounted to the firewall of the engine and converts the power from the engine-driven generator (called a magneto), which is alternating current, to direct current that can be handled by...

Although the wiring in the cabin was simplified from the earlier engine installation, it had to be completely redone. It is now just about completed and shown here are two new components mounted to...

Here you can see one of the aileron pushrods exiting the co-pilot side of the cabin through the orange boot. Behind it are the flap and wing/strobe light wiring passing through the red conduit. Also...

Here you can see the aileron bell crank, it’s mounting plate and the carbon pushrod tubes. (A bell crank is a device which changes the angle at which a suspension piece or linkage is operated.) This...

The new electrical pass-through panel has been mounted and wired in the cockpit side of the prototype. All cockpit wiring has been handled except for a few random leftover sensors that are being...

We had to completely rewire for the new engine, and that meant new connections through the firewall and into the cabin. In this case we opted to have a removable plate to house the different cable...

NEW HOME FOR BATTERIES - May 7, 2021 We have multiple batteries in the Switchblade, as we have a fly-by-wire rudder system that depends on electricity to function and need the redundancy. Two...

REVERSED PROPS UNPACKED!! - May 6, 2021 Switchblade Assembly Tech Sean Bliss is shown unpacking and examining the reverse props from Sterna Propellers. We had received props from Sterna earlier, and...