Body worked and newly painted, the propeller duct is looking good! You can see the space where the tail boom slides in and out, in the lower part of the photo, upside down from how it looks on the...
Now that they've been painted, we balanced the tail elevators to ensure they won't flutter. This is for added safety. After doing the balancing, David Nobles (left) and Sean Bliss are shown here...
Now that we've painted the majority of the carbon fiber parts for the Switchblade, we are bolting up the parts again so we can have a finished vehicle ready for FAA inspection. In this image we have...
The Switchblade body and tail were painted over the holiday weekend, and are now back in the hangar. The paint turned out great, thanks to our 'painter' (Samson Engineer Tanner Vaughn), Ronald...
We just had to show you a little glamour shot before we get back into more testing today. The new paint on the nose cone and front hatch gives a cool contrast to the side panels and door. But please...
After months of extensive tests and quite a few modifications and fine-tuning, the Switchblade has passed both the engine cooling and acceleration requirements needed prior to flight testing! Our...
Nick Leonard - Switchblade Owner and aircraft builder - flew up from California in the RV10 he built, to update the Dynon display. Nick is shown here updating the current system software, as well as...
After we repaired the engine water pump, we ran the Switchblade flying sports car outside to check for leaks. It proved to be in perfect condition, so well done to the Team! Now we are putting the...