We accomplished a great deal during our recent out-of-town testing, including a number of long hops. Excellent progress from the earlier testing at this longer runway! Here you can see Test Pilot...
After traveling to an out-of-town airport with a longer runway, the team worked hard to get the prototype all ready for the first day of testing. After an in-depth team briefing led by Test Flight...
Please join us for an engaging presentation: Getting to First Flight: Switchblade Flying Car. Presenter James Mauch - Switchblade Owner, Ambassador and Samson Board Member - will give an inside view...
The Switchblade Test Team was back at the out-of-town test airport last weekend and we made excellent progress! This great shot of an F-18 and the Switchblade was taken while we were heading out to...
The Switchblade, arguably the most popular flying car in history, now has Reservation Holders in 57 countries, including all 50 U.S. States! Country #57 is Poland! The first future owner in Poland...
As explained in the last post, we are testing with little shark fin shaped Vortex Generators on the wings. The testing is done with different flap settings and then the video footage is analyzed to...
On many wings, especially on aircraft with the capacity to land and take off slowly, vortex generators are installed along the leading edge (front edge) of the wing. A vortex generator (VG) looks...
The Samson Switchblade is getting air under the tires! Hops are where you get up a small distance, wiggle the wings and settle back down on the runway. This helps to ensure that the vehicle is...