NEW PINS FOR STRONGER WING – December 3, 2018 The image above shows two of the new steel pins that were designed as part of a stronger wing assembly we are preparing for testing, before we fly with...
BONDING THE REAR DUCT PARTS – December 1, 2018 The image above shows the father/son team of Brent and Ron Burch (right) who worked intensely to bond the two inner ducted fan side parts to the large...
CONNECTION TO FLY-BY-WIRE – November 24, 2018 This is the end of the tail rudder that connects to the fly-by-wire rudder system. You can see the bracket on this side of each of the two rudders shown...
CONNECTION TO FLY-BY-WIRE – November 24, 2018 This is the end of the tail rudder that connects to the fly-by-wire rudder system. You can see the bracket on this side of each of the two rudders shown...
NEW HINGE BEAMS ON WING SWING – November 19, 2018 While the wings have been finalized for quite some time, we had not mounted the wings on the new hinge beams to check for proper movement,...
ELECTRICAL TEAM RAMPS UP - November 12, 2018 We are at the stage where many things are coming together at the same time, so have added new team members and divided the work up between them. The crew...
FIXTURE FOR BONDING DUCTED FAN PARTS – November 5, 2018 The team knew that when it cam time to bond the rear duct parts, we needed a fixture that would keep the duct perfectly round, as this is...
BATMAN’S NEW RIDE? – October 31, 2018 We couldn’t resist the opportunity to live up to one of our nicknames – the Batmobile! Someone at Samson (initials SB) donned a Batman costume and then it was...