Thousands of interested people have been visiting the Samson Pavilion and the response has been very enthusiastic! After only 2 days at the world's largest aviation celebration, we have already had...
Switchblade Updates
OSHKOSH, WI: SAMSON SKY TENT IS UP & THE SWITCHBLADE ARRIVES TODAY!!
Our advance team is setting up our exhibit and the star (the Switchblade prototype) arrives today! She was shipped cross-country for AirVenture - the world’s largest aviation celebration! On the...
TEST PROTOTYPE FRONT SUSPENSION CHANGE
To give the test pilot more control right at the edge of lift-off, we revised the front suspension to be more like an aircraft and less like a car. Once we have flown and learned from that, we will...
ELIMINATING THE VERTICAL STATORS & MOVING THE SMALL VERTICAL TAIL PIECES
One thing we had introduced earlier was having two vertical stators in the duct just behind the propeller. Stators are fixed mini-wings that are used to re-direct flow from a ducted fan. In our case...
CALLING IN THE COMPOSITES ‘CAVALRY’!
In order to help our team make some big targets, we called in the 'cavalry', in the form of composites guru Michael Maxwell. Michael's many decades of experience in composites led him to his most...
MOVING THE SMALL VERTICAL FINS
We already told you about a small change to the rudders to extend them for better control at lower speeds. There is another change being made, as we found that reason that the nose moved to the...
PREPPING FOR THE FLIGHT
Our next flight testing is geared to produce the video that we want to show the world as our official first flight announcement. In preparation for that, we are adding a few features which will give...
WELCOMING LEONARD “SHERMAN” KEARL TO OUR TEST FLIGHT TEAM!
We are honored to have "Sherman" join our team! Here's the back story: As you may know, all first prototypes of new aircraft have the problem of being heavier than initially designed. We have done...