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...
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...
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...
TUBE FRAME COMPLETED – July 10, 2018 It was a happy moment when the Switchblade rear tube frame arrived home at the Samson Hangar! This is the result of countless hours of engineering (for the jig...
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...
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...
PROGRESS ON REAR DUCTED SECTION – July 9, 2018 Above, David Nobles, Samson Mechanical Engineer, calculated the trim lines for this large, curvy carbon fiber part - and then he trimmed it. The...
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...