This project almost seems routine after winning the X-prize. When you consider though that Rutan must have been developing this aircraft at the same time he was perfecting the X-prize rocket it gives you some idea of his creativity and energy.
And Proteus.
And prototypes and proof-of-concept machines for several GA startups, including Visionaire (RIP), Adam (still hanging in there), Toyota, Honda, and several others.
And UAVs.
And classified/military projects. And managing all these projects, including the various taskings for Proteus.
Scaled Project | First Flight | Craft Name |
202 | 1995 | Boomerang |
226 | 1993? | Raptor [UAV] |
247 | 1996 | Visionaire Vantage |
271 | 1997 | Williams International V-Jet |
281 | 1998 | Proteus |
309 | 2000 | Adam Model 309 Proof of Concept |
311 | 2004 | Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer |
316 | 2003 | SpaceShipOne |
317 | -NA- | SpaceShipOne Simulator (not certain) |
318 | 2003 | White Knight |
346 | 2007? | "SpaceShipTwo?" |
The rapid-fire nature of these model numbers, almost all for craft that have flown in the last ten years, should give some idea of what Scaled can do. Don't forget that during the same period they flew the Toyota project, the Honda project, DC-X [unmanned SSTO demonstrator], Pegasus {air-launched sat booster], Roton ATV [proof of concept for a gyro/helicopter space descent vehicle], Freewing [UAV], another UAV for Bell, all of which I dunno the project numbers (I have Roton's written down on another puter).
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