HEAT TREATING THE TUBE FRAME – October 29, 2018 We finished the heat treating of the chrome molly tube frame to relieve the stress on certain welds, and it took four people with torches to...
Update– October 29, 2018
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Update– October 29, 2018
HEAT TREATING THE TUBE FRAME – October 29, 2018 We finished the heat treating of the chrome molly tube frame to relieve the stress on certain welds, and it took four people with torches to...
Update– October 22, 2018
CARBON FIBER VS. FIBERGLASS – October 22, 2018 The Switchblade flying sports car is almost entirely made from carbon fiber, one of the lightest materials available. It is what makes this type of...
Update – October 18, 2018
GIVE ME A PUSH – October 18, 2018 Our 5-bladed propeller is in a duct at the rear of the vehicle - which is sometimes called a ducted fan. The engine powers the wheels on the ground and the prop in...
Update – October 12, 2018
IS THIS A STEALTH PLANE? – October 12, 2018 Looking at the image above, we have to say, with the Lamborghini Grey paint over carbon fiber, our tail boom with lower ventral fins poking up look...
Update – October 12, 2018
IS THIS A STEALTH PLANE? – October 12, 2018 Looking at the image above, we have to say, with the Lamborghini Grey paint over carbon fiber, our tail boom with lower ventral fins poking up look...
Update – October 8, 2018
RE-DESIGNED WING HINGE BEAMS – October 8, 2018 We are going for a one-hundred-pound weight increase with the wing design, as we are finding that you just can't have enough weight capacity in a...
UPDATE – October 1, 2018
NEW CARBON DUCTED FAN PARTS – October 1, 2018 Above, Brent Burch is trimming up the new carbon ducted fan parts we had re-done at Composite Universal Group in Warren, Oregon. CUG was very good about...