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SUNSET FROM THE SWITCHBLADE’S TESTING AIRPORT – October 06, 2022
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...
TAKING HER ON A LITTLE WALK – October 05, 2022
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
LOGGING IN RECENT CHANGES MADE TO SWITCHBLADE – October 04, 2022
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...
SWITCHBLADE ENGINE START WITH TEST PILOT – September 28, 2022
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...
ANOTHER SWITCHBLADE LOAD TEST PASSED – ELEVATORS! – September 23, 2022
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...
TESTING THE SWITCHBLADE CONTROLS AFTER TWEAKS – September 22, 2022
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...
ENGINEERING CONFERENCE IN THE COCKPIT – September 13, 2022
Here you can see Sam Bousfield, David Nobles (at the wheel), and Tanner Vaughn discussing how to best reduce the "dead band" of the elevators (movable tailpieces that pitch the nose up or down)....