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TIREBUYER

TIREBUYER

Where Are Our Flying Cars?
Imagine hopping in your sport two-seat car-copter, lifting off from your driveway, and leapfrogging over traffic snarls on your morning commute.

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Wink News

Wink News

Commissioners Okay Incentive To Bring Samson Sky To Charlotte County
Flying cars made in Southwest Florida might prove true now that Charlotte County approved an incentive to get “Samson Sky” to build its manufacturing facility here. But, the transportation technology company is still considering other locations.

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Update – November 30, 2019

Update – November 30, 2019

SWITCHBLADE RUNNING UNDER PROPELLER POWER – November 30, 2019 We assembled the rest of the rear duct so the vehicle would be aerodynamic and continued with ground testing using the propeller for...

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Update – November 29,2019

Update – November 29,2019

PROPELLER SPINNING IN DUCTED FAN – November 29, 2019 The Switchblade has what is called a ducted fan. Like a jet engine, the propeller operates inside a tube or duct, and spins with tight clearance...

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Update – November 25, 2019

Update – November 25, 2019

DUCT IN PLACE WITH FINAL ENGINE PACKAGE – November 25, 2019 With the Switchblade rear duct in place, we were able to hash out the location of some hoses with the final engine package. Dana Beebe...

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Update – November 21, 2019

Update – November 21, 2019

TWO MAN CREW – November 21, 2019 On some of our recent engine tuning drive runs we had one person manning a computer in the passenger seat (Sam Bousfield) in addition to the driver in the left seat...

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Update – November 19, 2019

Update – November 19, 2019

ELECTRICAL ENGINEER “MIND MELD” – November 19, 2019 Instead of a Vulcan Mind Meld, it’s an Electrical Engineer Mind Meld. Samson consultant Ryan Neil (left) has done an incredible amount of work...

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Update – November 14, 2019

Update – November 14, 2019

RUDDER FLY-BY-WIRE COMPUTER BOARD TEST – November 14, 2019 We had a design for the fly-by-wire rudder computer boards, which we used to make several printed circuit boards with. These were then...

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