TWEAKING THE PITCH OF THE PROPELLER BLADES – December 4, 2019 Ron Burch (left) and Sean Bliss recently adjusted the pitch of the Switchblade propeller blades, in preparation for our next set of...
Update – December 4, 2019
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Update – December 3, 2019
REFERENCING DESIGN PROGRAM FOR PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD (PCB) – December 3, 2019 At the top of the photo directly above, you can see a bit of the design program being referenced. (This is shown as a...
Update – November 30, 2019
SWITCHBLADE RUNNING UNDER PROPELLER POWER – November 30, 2019 We assembled the rest of the rear duct so the vehicle would be aerodynamic and continued with ground testing using the propeller for...
Update – November 29,2019
PROPELLER SPINNING IN DUCTED FAN – November 29, 2019 The Switchblade has what is called a ducted fan. Like a jet engine, the propeller operates inside a tube or duct, and spins with tight clearance...
Update – November 25, 2019
DUCT IN PLACE WITH FINAL ENGINE PACKAGE – November 25, 2019 With the Switchblade rear duct in place, we were able to hash out the location of some hoses with the final engine package. Dana Beebe...
Update – November 21, 2019
TWO MAN CREW – November 21, 2019 On some of our recent engine tuning drive runs we had one person manning a computer in the passenger seat (Sam Bousfield) in addition to the driver in the left seat...
Update – November 19, 2019
ELECTRICAL ENGINEER “MIND MELD” – November 19, 2019 Instead of a Vulcan Mind Meld, it’s an Electrical Engineer Mind Meld. Samson consultant Ryan Neil (left) has done an incredible amount of work...
Update – November 14, 2019
RUDDER FLY-BY-WIRE COMPUTER BOARD TEST – November 14, 2019 We had a design for the fly-by-wire rudder computer boards, which we used to make several printed circuit boards with. These were then...