On many wings, especially on aircraft with the capacity to land and take off slowly, vortex generators are installed along the leading edge (front edge) of the wing. A vortex generator (VG) looks...
The Samson Switchblade is getting air under the tires! Hops are where you get up a small distance, wiggle the wings and settle back down on the runway. This helps to ensure that the vehicle is...
We thought you'd like to see the Samson Switchblade with even more air under the tires, during the longest hop we took in recent testing! We are not calling this First Flight, as we want that to be...
The Samson team has been very busy flight testing on a longer runway out of the area. A longer runway gives you the opportunity to take short hops, which may not be feasible on a shorter runway....
Flight testing is intense work and often involves being out in cold weather. But it's definitely exciting and progress is made every day. At the end of a long day of testing, we were treated to this...
We wanted to treat you to a second flight test video, created by ToPa3d in Bend, Oregon! Here you can see the team rolling the Switchblade back from the New Moon Aviation hangar, Sam Bousfield with...
Samson Sky has recently made major progress in their flight test program and the Switchblade is looking closer than ever to maiden flight! (Enjoy this first-ever aerial drone footage of the...
Left to right, John Vaughn (racing suspension and engine expert) and Sam Bousfield (Samson CEO and Switchblade designer) wait for test pilot Ron McElroy to taxi out, before jumping in their trucks...