After the new gears were installed, we began testing the Samson 3 engine again to check that all things were good with the new gears. As you can see (and hear) in this video, all is working well. In...
Our final gears for the gearbox came early, so we changed gears. (Bad pun, bad!) We did pull the motor after the initial prop test and removed the gearbox case to get at the gears inside. We then...
We just fired up the new Samson 3 engine in the Switchblade, making record time to perform a complete engine swap in less than three months. Initial tests included harmonic analysis, which showed...
We're proud to announce that Samson Sky just hit the 50th country for Reservation Holders! We have people hailing from all over the world, and here at home, we have Reservation Holders in all 50...
One of the systems in the Switchblade engine is a bypass for compressed air coming out of the turbo, enroute to the intake manifold. When the throttle is closed quickly, the bypass valve recycles...
We mounted the remote water pump (black object in lower right corner of the image), and added temporary hose clamps to the intercooler piping. These clamps can be used for flight, but we may replace...
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We finished installing the final few pieces of the exhaust insulation, as shown below. The silver wrapping and shielding are made of formed aluminum over top of some specialty fiberglass insulation....