BACK-UP SAMSON V4 GOING ON ENGINE DYNO - June 29, 2020 The team at Loyning's Engine Services in Portland, OR has completed their work on our back-up Samson V4 engine and we're getting it mounted to...

BIG SCREEN HELPS WIRING - June 26, 2020 Our recently custom built electrician's table has a large screen monitor to be able to create and read wiring diagrams, which can be extremely complicated....

BEEFING UP THE CONTROL INTERFACE - June 24, 2020 As we tested all pilot controls to the wings and tail, we found a few areas where we could improve things. While we wait for the motor to come back,...

THE RIGHT TABLE FOR THE JOB - June 22, 2020 Sean Bliss is building a custom table to be used for electrical work. It will enable our electrician to have all his supplies (including spools of wire,...

SWITCHBLADE STROBES ARE FLASHING - June 19, 2020 This is what the Samson Switchblade strobe lights look like when operated. There is a flashing strobe, and the white constant light facing to the...

LIGHTS ARE FLASHING - Update 17, 2020 Waiting for the engine to get back from Loyning's in Portland, we've been finishing a few small things. One of those was to wire in the wing tip lights,...

“DYNAMIC DASH” - June 15, 2020 In case you haven't seen it, here is a nice view of the Switchblade Dynamic Dash! We designed our dash to be clean, elegant and easy to transition between driving and...

SENSOR GLITCH - June 11, 2020 When we began testing the backup engine computer and fuel system, we found that one of the engine sensors was not communicating with the computer. Electronics tech...