BODY MODIFICATION COMPLETED - January 28, 2021 Steve Lorentzen's crew (Redmond, OR) completed the modification on the Switchblade's rear bulkhead where we had cut the hold to make room for the...
Update – January 28, 2021
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Update – January 26, 2021
MIKULA MASTERS THE ENGINE - January 26, 2021 Electronic Tech Phillip Mikula (in the bright jacket) is getting ready to test the sensor and switch controls while running the 3-cylinder engine, with...
Update – January 25, 2021
MAKING THE SWITCHBLADE ENGINE COVER - January 25, 2021 Steve Lorentzen and his team are making the engine cover to close out the hole we cut in the rear cabin bulkhead. As you may recall, this was...
Update – January 22, 2021
ENGINE OUTPUT HOUSING - January 22, 2021 Here’s a close-up of the housing for the engine output shaft. The shaft goes through this housing, supported by bearings in the housing, and then the shaft...
Update – January 20, 2021
FITTING PARTS - January 20, 2021 Sam Bousfield is shown fitting a power shaft housing to the new engine. This is one of a dozen new assemblies for the new engine installation, and it houses the...
Update – January 18, 2021
THE SNIFFER IS SNIFFING - January 18, 2021 This is the 'sniffer' that is helping us capture the data from the engine computer so we can display it on our digital dash. We successfully captured the...
Update – January 14, 2021
ELECTRONIC MIND MELD - January 14, 2021 To get the engine computer to talk to our Eyes Forward Display, we have set up a 'sniffer' to capture and identify packets of information that the engine...
Update – January 11, 2021
TEST PILOT REVIEW - January 11, 2021 Samson's test pilot, Ron McElroy, spent this last Saturday at the R&D hangar to review progress to date. One of the items was our new props from Sterna...