NEW INTERCOOLER REVIEW - August 26, 2020 Sean Bliss (left) and David Nobles are reviewing a new intercooler, with a radiator stacked below it. They're looking at fit and feasibility for this new...
PROGRESS ON THE DROP TEST FIXTURE - August 24, 2020 The top steel bars are now welded in place and the winch has been installed. Next up is the test sled and rollers. At a future time, when we do...
NOT SUPERMAN'S PHONE BOOTH - August 21, 2020 NOT SUPERMAN'S PHONE BOOTH... BUT A DROP TEST FIXTURE Sean Bliss is shown here fabricating the steel frame for a steel drop test fixture, which is 8’ x...
NATIONAL AVIATION DAY - August 19,2020 NATIONAL AVIATION DAY -- DEDICATED TO THOSE WHO HELPED PIONEER AVIATION IN AMERICA! National Aviation Day is observed each year on August 19th. This holiday...
SWITCHBLADE SEAT DESIGN - August 18, 2020 Engineering Aide Henri Carrette (far left) recently assisted us with doing the phase 1 initial design for the Switchblade production seats. Here you can see...
SWITCHBLADE ANGLE OF ATTACK GAUGE - August 14, 2020 Here is a close-up of the Angle Of Attack (AOA) gauge in the prototype. For flight testing, the AOA has been installed as a stand-alone gauge, in...
SWITCHBLADE PROTOTYPE DASH - August 12, 2020 The prototype dash is designed for function not aesthetics and is not what the production Switchblades will look like. That being said, we wanted to show...
REFLECT THAT HEAT - August 10, 2020 We seemed to be picking up heat in the fuel injectors, which are very close to the turbocharger on one side of the V4 engine. To combat that, we fashioned an...