The 1/4 scale prototype has been completed and initial flight testing started. The pictures below are of the completed prototype being taken to our "secret test facility". We did not paint the...
Switchblade Updates
Switchblade Update 11 July, 2012
The quarter scale model is coming together blazingly fast due to superhuman efforts of Joe Marine at Race Pro Engineering. He has been putting in 15 hour days+, and really working to make the...
SWITCHBLADE PROGRESS REPORT, JUNE 15, 2012
The second 1/4 scale prototype is being madly worked upon to finish and fly prior to AirVenture at Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Pro-builder, Joe Marine, of Race Pro Engineering in California, is seen giving...
SWITCHBLADE PROGRESS REPORT, March 14, 2012
We are at the final stages of building the quarter-scale flying prototype. The propeller spinner is yet to come, as is a final coat of primer plus a little fillet work at the wing-to-body...
Switchblade Progress Report, October 10, 2011
The 1/4 scale radio control model and wind tunnel model is making progress. The cnc (computer numerically controlled) machining has been accomplished, and the body, tail and wing shapes are ready...
Switchblade Progress Report, September 9, 2011
The first radio controlled 1/4 scale model of the Switchblade is coming along nicely. Steering, suspension, and back-bone frame are completed and ready for the fiberglass skins that are being...
Switchblade Progress Report, August 16, 2011
Ducted fan design has been accomplished, with results better than expected. A duct has many features that are beneficial, and some that are not. Of course, every propulsion system has both drawbacks...
Switchblade Progress Report, August 6, 2011
We have been validating some of the technologies that we are wishing to include in the future Switchblade engine. One of these is Hydrogen Boost to increase fuel mileage and reduce emissions....