FILLING THE GAP WITH GOO - December 21,2020 We are mounting a tube on the underside of the tail boom to run our push cable through. To do that, we have to drill out bolt holes through the carbon...
TUNING THE SWITCHBLADE SHOCK - December 15, 2020 When we drop tested the shock absorber and rear suspension on the most recent FAA test (second series of tests), we saw that there should be a slower...
SWITCHBLADE PASSES BIG SUSPENSION DROP TEST! - December 17, 2020 We completed drop testing our new rear suspension on Dec 4 without any failure, but when we reviewed the film, we saw that the...
ADDING A WIND BREAK (FAIRING) - December 11, 2020 As we mentioned earlier, fairings are shields to smoothly guide air around an obstruction. In our revisions to the elevator control system in the...
FANCY COATING - December 9, 2020 We normally have our chromoly steel tubes painted, but in this case we decided to try a ceramic coating called Cerakote, which is thinner and more slippery. These...
MAKING A FAIRING - December 7, 2020 A fairing is a cover over something that is exposed to the wind on a moving vehicle. Aircraft have fairings around the wheels sometimes, and where you have an...
FIRST DROP TEST PASSED - December 4, 2020 We have three drop tests to pass for the Switchblade rear suspension with the new shock absorber. We passed the first test today, which was a series of...
GETTING READY FOR THE DROP - December 1, 2020 The rear suspension assembly is being established in the drop test fixture. Sean Bliss is shown bolting on the test mount with the rear suspension and...
