TAMING THE FORCES OF A LANDING – March 26, 2022

March 26, 2022


You have heard before that we are designing and testing to certified aircraft standards. One of these tests is just darn brutal, and that is a drop test of suspension. This was the latest test, and the last of our structural tests to be done. The revision of the rear shock absorbers, and the lower A-arm (suspension arm) required us to re-test.

Samson Engineers Tanner Vaughn and David Nobles, assisted by Ronald Forseth, sped the wheel up to landing speed and then the test sled was dropped to simulate a hard landing. (Watch the slow motion action when the drop occurs.)

The system performed very well, and we reduced the G-forces sufficiently with our revisions. We are now installing this system into the rear tube frame.

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