As the Switchblade is registered as an aircraft now, when we make any changes to the vehicle we need to note them down in the aircraft log, which is a small notebook for this purpose. Here, Sam...
Today we had Test Pilot Sean VanHatten back in the hangar to do his final inspection and an engine start. He was happy with the way our team had tightened up certain controls and gave us 2 thumbs...
This load test was for the elevators (part of the tail that pitches the vehicle up and down.) David Nobles in the cockpit is pushing full up or full down on the control wheel while his teammates...
With the test pilot assisting us to improve control feel on the ground before we fly, our changes to the control mechanisms had to be structurally tested before flight. We are reminded again that...
Here you can see Sam Bousfield, David Nobles (at the wheel), and Tanner Vaughn discussing how to best reduce the "dead band" of the elevators (movable tailpieces that pitch the nose up or down)....
In a recent flurry of Reservations, we received one from Belgium, which is our 53rd country! Until late July 2022, we were averaging 5 Reservations per week. Last week we did 11x that, with 55...
Engineer Tanner Vaughn is machining one of several custom brackets we're making out of 775 aluminum. These will hold the pulleys for the cable control system for the tail rudder and elevator....
After some recent speed tests, we took a moment to line up the compass in the Switchblade cockpit with this big airport compass, to verify that our heading was spot on. It was. And yes, we know...