Wednesday, August 03, 2022

Samson Switchblade flying car is finally ready for takeoff

Good news! You get to build it even yourself from a kit!

"... Samson says the entire push-button conversion from street-legal trike to aircraft takes less than three minutes ...
Find an airstrip and take off, and the Switchblade's standard cruise speed is 160 mph (257 km/h), enabling a range of 450 miles (724 km) to a full 36-gal (125-L) tank of fuel. ...
Starting from an "estimated price" of US$150,000, the Switchblade is a fairly pricey machine, but Samson has already taken reservations for the first 1,670 and counting. ...
The Switchblade will sell as a kit aircraft, taking somewhere around 2,000 hours to build at home. ..."

Samson Switchblade flying car is finally ready for takeoff After 14 years of development, the Samson Switchblade – a fast, street-legal three-wheeler that converts at the touch of a button into a 200-mph (322-km/h) airplane – has been approved for airworthiness by the FAA. The team is now preparing for flight tests.



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