Caps Off New Place With Longest Test Hop to Date

Samson Sky headed into this Fall with a move to a larger, better equipped research facility, right before beating previous records with a mile-long test flight.

Work on their convertible flying car, the Switchblade, has continued at full pace throughout the year, but worsening weather across the country means that those perfect sunny day flight tests in Moses Lake, Washington aren’t going to be around much longer. In late September, the team managed to see their testbed aircraft fly for just under a mile in ground effect, continuing to evaluate the handling and aerodynamics of their flying car prototype.

In celebrating their new home, the team noted that the spot triples the amount of space available for R&D, with room for assembly, machining, and flight simulation. Additional space upstairs gives plenty of corporate niceties like offices, conference rooms, breakrooms, kitchens, and restrooms. The entire area now allows for parts storage, shipping and receiving, electrical assembly all within a short walk from each other unit.

The new facility lay “just a few minutes down the road from Prineville Airport”, and will be the home to 3 new prototypes once they finish construction.

FMI: www.samsonsky.com