Switchblade Updates

Switchblade Update   13 July,  2016

Switchblade Update 13 July, 2016

With AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, coming up soon, we had to work long hours to make the dashboard display body section ready for the world's largest aviation celebration. The partial body went...

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Switchblade Update   13 July,  2016

Switchblade Update 13 July, 2016

With AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, coming up soon, we had to work long hours to make the dashboard display body section ready for the world's largest aviation celebration. The partial body went...

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Switchblade Update  23 June, 2016

Switchblade Update 23 June, 2016

Body parts are being made, and will soon be assembled, but in the meantime we needed to dive into the dashboard, brakes, gas pedal, rudder pedals, etc. To really make sense of all of that, and...

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Switchblade Update:  21 May, 2016

Switchblade Update: 21 May, 2016

Composite Approach, of Bend Oregon, has finished the right hand body plug. The plug, as you probably remember, is the solid shape that we use to produce molds from. We then use those molds to...

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Switchblade Update:  21 May, 2016

Switchblade Update: 21 May, 2016

Composite Approach, of Bend Oregon, has finished the right hand body plug. The plug, as you probably remember, is the solid shape that we use to produce molds from. We then use those molds to...

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SWITCHBLADE UPDATE:   17 May, 2016

SWITCHBLADE UPDATE: 17 May, 2016

The testing and perfecting of the powered wing swing mechanism was accomplished, and various videos have been posted about it on YouTube and Face Book. We could have opted have this be done...

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SWITCHBLADE UPDATE :  2 March, 2016

SWITCHBLADE UPDATE : 2 March, 2016

Huge progress this month. The image above shows the final plug for the rear of the Switchblade, looking forward towards the front of the vehicle through the ducted fan in the rear. There are four...

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SWITCHBLADE UPDATE:    22 January, 2016

SWITCHBLADE UPDATE: 22 January, 2016

The lower wing spar bracket (metal piece that takes loads from the main wing beam or spar) was bonded into place (above), and it went much more smoothly than the left wing. The parts were coated...

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