We at Samson have been working very closely with our new test pilot for this phase of flight, but we have not fully introduced him to you. He is Sean VanHatten, shown on the left taking off his...
We hope you're ready for some Friday fun. Now we're not officially claiming that this is a UFO above the hangar, but we thought we should share it with you anyway. Contact Us
The Samson Team put in another long day and was treated to this beautiful sunset at the testing airport. If you look closely you can see some yarn tufts on several of the tail surfaces. These are...
Late last week, we took the prototype down to where we could do a stationary engine run-up, prior to moving her to the testing airport. Our engine continues to look and sound great! Contact Us
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...