We followed up a successful showing at Golden West Air Show with another at the Auburn, California, Thunder in the Sky event last Saturday. To do this we again stayed up past midnight to finish our...
Switchblade Progress Report, April 12, 2010
We are finishing our front suspension, and about to mount it to the front of the ‘test mule’ this week. Shown in the attached pictures is a wireframe of the nose that was done to ensure we keep...
Switchblade Progress Report, March 20, 2010
These images show progress on the tube-frame ‘test mule’ being built at BurkeBuilt near San Clemente. We should have the test mule completed by the end of next week, and then it will ship to Auburn,...
Switchblade Progress Report, March 6, 2010
These drawings show the improvement of the ducted fan design achieved through our work at DAR Corp in Lawrence, Kansas. The sections are the before and after flows, and show the improvement in the...
Switchblade Progress Report, February 1, 2010
We are still finishing the testing of the ground prototype prior to sending the information to the structural engineer for the fuselage (body). The molds for carbon fiber parts are extremely...