UPDATING OUR POSITION – December 16, 2019 The Switchblade fly-by-wire rudder system has position sensors that report many times a second, exactly where the rudders are pointing. The sensors, called...
CHECK OUT THE BEAUTIFUL NEW RADIATOR DUCT – December 10, 2019 Steve Lorentzen did a great job on this new carbon fiber radiator duct! Due to the complex curves on this part, he had to make it in two...
NICE TO HAVE OUR TEST PILOT HELP WITH SOME SWITCHBLADE ENGINE TUNING – December 9, 2019 When our Test Pilot Ron McElroy was in town late last week, he assisted us on a couple of engine tunes. For...
TEST PILOT CAPT. RON GETTING MORE FAMILIAR WITH SWITCHBLADE COCKPIT Our Test Pilot Ron McElroy (Capt. Ron) was just in town for a day and a half - and among other things, he did some more...
RADIATOR DUCT MOLD PROGRESS – December 6, 2019 Steve Lorentzen finished sanding and shaping the Switchblade radiator duct mold in his shop. In this photo, the opening that faces the front of the...
RADIATOR DUCT MOLD PROGRESS – December 6, 2019 Steve Lorentzen finished sanding and shaping the Switchblade radiator duct mold in his shop. In this photo, the opening that faces the front of the...
RADIATOR DUCT TAKING ON A NEW SHAPE – December 5, 2019 Our engineers determined that we needed still more airflow going in and out of the Switchblade radiator. Composites expert Steve Lorentzen was...
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...