UPDATE ON OUR FLAP ASSEMBLY – February 20, 2020 Samson Chief Builder Ron Burch is drilling out the alignment holes on 2 aluminum brackets. These will go on a mounting rail with the actuator, as part...
DOUBLE CHECK ON WEIGHT AND BALANCE – February 17, 2020 As part of the checks being done on the Switchblade before we fly, there is a check of weight and balance. This was done recently to double...
UPDATE ON OUR FLAP ASSEMBLY – February 20, 2020 Samson Chief Builder Ron Burch is drilling out the alignment holes on 2 aluminum brackets. These will go on a mounting rail with the actuator, as part...
COMPLETING ONE OF THE FINAL STEPS ON THE SWITCHBLADE TAIL – February 13, 2020 As a parallel path to the acceleration testing, Phillip Mikula (left) and Ron Burch (right) have also been working on...
WEIGHT, THE FINAL FRONTIER – February 18, 2020 As mentioned in the previous post, we weighed the Switchblade major assemblies to get an idea of the overall weight and balance. The outcome was pretty...
NEW DUCT TAKING SHAPE – February 11, 2020 Chief Builder Ron Burch is shown carving out the opening for the new duct shape for the Switchblade's radiator. We definitely made improvements, and we are...
DECREASING DRAG PAYS OFF – February 10, 2020 Today we continued our Switchblade acceleration testing, with the engine powering just the propeller. With the doors, top hatch and engine bay access...
SWITCHBLADE GPS FULLY OPERATIONAL – February 6, 2020 This afternoon, Nick Leonard and Philip Mikula completed the final wiring and configuration for the GPS and transponder components. We are using...