During yesterday's acceleration runs, driver Sam Bousfield clocked a top airspeed of 113 mph, leaving last week's 95 mph in the dust!!! The purpose of this phase of testing (with wings off) is to...
We did break our Prineville Airport record speed, going 95 mph before we had to throttle down and brake at the end of the runway. This testing is with our new 7-blade propeller, which is performing...
During some recent acceleration tests, the late afternoon sun was clearly spotlighting the Switchblade. Spotlighting her because we did our fastest time ever on the Prineville runway, with the...
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After changing the pitch of the propeller blades, we did another static test to check thrust. We achieved an impressive 40% thrust increase over the 5-blade prop! (Earlier tests got us increases of...
Mechanical Engineer Tanner Vaughn is re-pitching the propeller blades for a new series of static tests. The angle (or pitch) of the prop blades effects how aggressively they bite through the air....
Although it's pretty blurred, you can see most of the 7 blades through the side duct here. Contact Us
We collect a sizable amount of data on these static tests, most importantly what thrust we're getting at various rpm's and what prop pitch gives us the best performance. Results from the first set...